The mechanization of domestic tasks such as milling or husking grains (normally done with a mortar and pestle or grinding stone) can transform the time-consuming actions into profitable economic activities for rural West African women.

The Diesel engines responsible for such transformation are being distributed in Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) with help from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Click here: Empowering West African Women with Diesel Engines

I came across this post on the Good News Network site. Now if you have read the ‘About’ page on the EWAN site you will have worked out by now that I’m probably a positive kind of person and believe in the power of sharing good news. Well, when I’m feeling low (not very often) this is the site I go too. Check it out. JC

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