We had originally planned to travel to Zambia in March, but because our Landciuser once again had to leave the South African customs union, we visited the cooperative in Kazungula in the second week of February.
The cultures for the sour milk had been out of stock since mid-January. Rather unintentionally, a tasty natural yogurt was produced. Although it tasted considerably better than a fruit yoghurt from a German supermarket due to the addition of flavorings, mamelade and sugar, it was difficult to market. Neither suitable and inexpensive packaging materials nor a filling machine are yet available. After all, 11 kg were sold at the first attempt.
Board Meeting with yogurt tasting and planning meeting
The route from the Namibian border to Kazungula has only been passable at walking speed for years, especially as the depth of the potholes is difficult to estimate during the rainy season. The stopover in Mwandi was used to upload the additional documents required for the funding application together with the coordinator of RC Livingstone for international projects. The application has been under review since mid-March. If it is approved, the necessary installation work at the milk collection point will begin quickly and the pasteurization and filling unit will be ordered.
Apart from a new starter battery and a faulty switch on the fuel injection pump – which forced us to stall the engine every time we turned it off – we had no problems covering the approx. 2000 km to Windhoek in our 27-year-old vehicle. However, we took the ferry back across the Zambezi, as the new bridge is not yet in operation.
