UPDATE on Sept. 22: The rice huller project is fully funded! Rachel’s friends and relatives contributed over $1,000 to it and then a Florida veterinarian who chairs a “Friends of Madagascar” group, decided to fund the remainder. We hope that Rachel will have the money in time to begin the project before her intended trip the the US at Christmas.

PREVIOUS POST: In order to implement her rice-hulling machine project , Rachel must raise $2,688.00 from friends, family and other organizations in the United States. The rice-hulling machine will help several surrounding villages in various ways and is especially geared toward making the life of women and teenage girls easier. If you are able to make a contribution, you can go to www.peacecorps.gov/contribute and select Rachel’s project (Africa Volunteer Project Number 684-059). Copying and pasting

https://www.peacecorps.gov/resources/donors/contribute/projdetail.cfm?projdesc=684-059&region=africa

into your browser will take you directly to this project. The information about the project posted on the Peace Corps site is unfortunately not very informative. For a better description, please see the description in this blog posted in April 07. Thanks for helping Rachel fund this project! t