MARMBA NEWS
Dear Friends,
At a recent Tanzanian meeting in Hereford I put forward the idea that the Tenbury-Maramba link could join with Marden where Helen Gould is keen to resurrect the original Bromyard-Buhuri link. This was set up originally by her father, Walter Gould, in 1995. It was agreed by all those present that it would certainly be a positive move and would provide a new lease of life for our links.
Bromyard raised funds to pay for the rebuilding of a dam in 2003 which supplied water to the Livestock Training Institute in Buhuri. Unfortunately, the dam collapsed in 2017 following heavy rain and Helen is keen to see if it could be rebuilt. The estimated cost is about £50.000, and it was hoped that the Tanzanian government would pay for the reconstruction, but it is generally considered that this is unlikely to happen.
As I have reported before, an alternative is to build a borehole at a cost in the region of £10.000 which would provide the needs of the institute including water for the livestock, irrigate the crops and the tree nursery. Helen is confident that some of this money can be raised in Marden and topped up by the accumulated contributions in the Tenbury account.
We have now created a new WhatsApp group consisting of Helen, Clement Shehiza and myself which has helped to improve our communications with Maramba.
Helen is planning to visit Tanzania in late January and will provide the dates once she has booked the flights. She is hoping her friend Jilly will join her for this trip. Also, there are plans for Clement to make a reciprocal visit but financing such a trip may prove to be a bit of a problem. We shall have to wait and see……….
Peter Metcalfe.
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