Andre and Arjun will be visiting Malawi January 2009. The objectives and details of the trip are listed below.
Logistics
- Andre will arrive in Lilongwe the night of the 17th while Arjun will be there the night of the 24th. Both will leave on the 31st of Jan.
- That means Andre will be there for 14 days and Arjun will be there for 7 days.
- Lodging info? (need to ask David?)
- Which village(s) to visit?
- Transportation
- Both have received the required shots (yellow fever?, hep A?) for the trip
- Both have received the medication for Malaria?
Finance
- The flights have been purchased with personal money so far
- Initial money from PSC ($1,000) has not been received?
- Additional $600 from PSC will be reimbursed after trip
- Money from Legatum ($2,000) can be retrieved through reimbursement basis
- Minus air fare, there will be $873 dollars left for other spending for both Andre and Arjun ($569 for Andre and $304 for Arjun)
- Additional money may be available from MLF?
- Both will keep track of their spending and get the appropriate receipts when available so it can be presented back to the two organizations
Objectives
- Build contacts with BERL
- Build contacts w/in the government
- Elucidate logistics of a jatropha --> final product supply chain (from village to marketable product)
- Get a better idea of where in the supply chain we would like to get involved
Activities and Results in Malawi
- Visit a loan group in a village (observe and document the capabilities of the group and the individual)
- Visit a MicroVenture group (observe and document how business is conducted in the group, strength and weaknesses)
- Visit ??
- Talk with government officials if possible
- Visit BERL facilities (after David's update)
Other To Do's Before Trip
- Reach out to Wesley ASAP
- Have conversation with David to??
- Get a camera and video camera - need to have some media footage for Legatum center
- Reach out to BERL and arrange meeting
- Reach out to government organisations & ICRISAT