Oil Press Sustains 4,800 School Children

Meanwhile a new oil press business set up by school Parents’ Associations in Farchana camp is doing a roaring trade.

lso funded by JOAC the press was chosen because of a successful peanut harvest which created a demand for husking and oil production; one Parents Association president had experience of the machine and several refugees are mechanics.

With a healthy three month income and steady profit the business has created jobs for two men and given the women more time as their work extracting the oil has been minimised.

Monies from the business will be directly spent in the schools benefiting more than 4,800 children as well as those in the neighbouring Chadian host community. It’s hoped this initial enterprise will encourage other similar projects, allowing the Parents’ Associations to pay for even more supplies such as exercise books, pens and pencils.

Funding from Tearfund should also see the business replicated in Gaga, Bredjing and Treguine camps.