Hi Hans,
Many thanks for the technical and financial support of this project.We will keeping posted with the reports.
Kind Regards,

Dear Hans,

Thank you for your note. Your points are insightful but you are missing a bigger picture.

1) Push and bicycle carts are not that all common in Ghana (compared to malawi for example). This would be one of the first experiments to formalize and generalize their use in Ghanaian villages.
Like everyone and more so poor people, they see the value but they would not want to invest (as we understood from the field) given putting this money might mean forbidding something else such as fertilizer or school fees and an end-result which for them is till not guaranteed.

2) The donations we want to raise will go into a revolving loan fund. It means it will allow us to manufacture the carts and give them on credit to farmers. When they repay, we will furnish new carts for another 40 women farmers and it would roll on. This approach will benefit far more farmers (PS we've thought of micro finance loans but they charge an outrageous 40% with a grace period of just 1 month)

Happy if you could spread the word

Warmly,

Richard

Dear Richard,
Thanks for your reaction and explanation. I think we are on the same route. With point 2 you made clear for me in what way you want to operate. Wish you a lot of succes! It is worth funding this project.
Warm regards,
Hans, 1% Expert.

Thanks Hans, point taken!!