Welcome Back Jag!

Our President Elect Jag Dhillon has returned from Ethiopia and Uganda and talked about the work he has been doing there.  He had been approached to do a feasibility study in both countries and his wife Brajinder finally agreed to let him go.  The project was building a school to teach people how to raise bees.  In both countries they have harvested honey for over 5000 years but they were not up to date on current, more productive methods.  A donor had given $250,000 for the school but wanted Jag to go over and see if it was feasible.  Being there in person allowed Jag to trim a lot of fat off the budget and make sure the school was in the right location in Addis Ababa.  The school will sell the honey they produce plus they have a coffee shop - and they will be self sustainable after about two years.  It was a very interesting talk - I never knew honey is also used to treat wounds and bites!