Peace Corps Volunteer Assist 30 farmers in Upper-Manya Krobo District

Thirty farmers in some communities in the Upper-Manya Krobo District have received 140 beehives valued at seven thousand Ghana cedis.
 
The gifts were presented by a Peace Corps volunteer, Joseph Stein who worked with the Krobo Danish Association (KROBODAN), for two years.
 
Making the presentation at Bomase near Sekesua, Joseph Stein said the beehives are pattern gifts to the community where he said to help provide the people with alternate means of improving their livelihood.
 
The construction of the beehive was funded by the Peace Corps Volunteers Secretariat in Ghana. To ensure that the beneficiaries feel a sense of ownership, each paid a token price of five Ghana cedis per hive.
 
The beneficiary farmers are from Bomase, Sekesua, Osonson, Prekumase, Bomase Dorse and others.
 
Mr. Stein expressed the hope that the pilot project he has initiated will benefit the farmers to share their experiences and skills with farmers in other communities to generally help to raise their income in the Upper-Manya Krobo district.
 
The General Secretary of KROBODAN, Joshua Nyumuah, expressed his appreciation to the Peace Corps adding that the gesture was in line with their primary aim of helping to raise the standard of living of the Krobo.
 
An extension Agent of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture in charge of the area, Prince Tinkorang, urged the beneficiaries to take good care of the beehives and consider the project as a profit making business. 

Logistic coordinator of the Peace Corps, Anthony Zinnel, expressed the hope that the beneficiaries will become future resource people for the training of other farmers and community members.

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