How to Get Nice Rice

OIC conducts workshops to train women on how to add more value to what they produce. Monday was the first day of 3 day OIC's rice processing intervention in Dawunipe and Bagpe, two communities in Central Gonja.

The local rice that these women currently process sells for less than the rice processed in other communities, like Navrongo in the Upper East. This OIC intervention aims to teach these women how to process their rice better so that they can sell it at a higher price. That's why OIC hired 2 women from Navrongo to teach these women their methods.

The way the local women currently process their rice is to boil and dry the grains in the hot sun, resulting in less than ideal rice. I learned that to get good rice, one has to thoroughly wash the grains, steam them, and then dry them gradually in a shady place.



On Wednesday, after the rice went through the mill, we delivered the finished product to the communities. If you look closely, you can see the huge difference between the previously processed rice and the rice processed with the new and improved method.


Oh, and a woman offered me a spot in her house as her husband's second wife. Thanks!..but no thanks. Proposals of marriage are so common here that you learn to think nothing of it.

I made friends with the village kids, rather they made friends with my camera. They got so excited and cheered whenever I showed them the picture of themselves on the screen.


Next time you're in a village where you can't speak the language, just pull out your camera and you've got yourself instant friends.