Hanshin Expressway Partnership.

Hanshin Expressway has been in collaboration with Community Road Empowerment (CORE). This year they have able to support CORE in repairing community road in Mwangini, Makueni County. CORE learned the problems the community undergoes when transporting their produce from their farms hence considered to maintain the road with support from Hanshin Expressway.

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Somalia project.

Core are started discussions with ILO Somalia for the possibility of continuing and expansion of the Somalia project done in Baidoa in the year 2014.

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Rwanda visit

In July Mr. Kita, Engineer Kinyua and Mr. Biwot will travel to Rwanda for discussions with government authority and do research on road maintenance  in preparation for 2016 project.

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Japan International Cooperation Foundation (JICF) Director Ms.  Naoko Ito , Rwanda Gakenge Mayor  Deogratias Nzamwita and CORE Staff inspecting  the newly constructed road .

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Section of the road maintained by Do-nou in Gakenge Division, 2016 where a total of 20 members of the Cooperative got a chance to learn new technique of maintain road using do-nou technology. They also got to learn basic road measurements during periodic maintenance or construction of new roads.

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Mr. Biwott in charge of Environment Project in Rwanda explaining to JICF staff on the progress of Kotitamu Cooperative which has  116 members located in Murama cell, Nyamata Sector, Bugesera District, Eastern Province, Rwanda.  Project objective was to increase production of tree seedlings, marketing tree seedlings and training farmers on agro forestry.

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