Tuesday, May 18, 2010

OTC Farming Cycle for 2010 - 2011

Brief Update........

The number of Operation Trumpet Call sites has been reduced from 89 sites across Zimbabwe to between 50 and 55 in total. The reason for this reduction is that the Operation Trumpet Call team is grouping areas that are near to each other to form one model centre where feasible. This will enable the farmers to work together for the community they are in.

What it means is that different groups/churches are then able to work together and hopefully increase their impact and influence in their community. The coordinators who were administrating those sites (which have come together to form one) will constitute the team of six people that oversee farming in their combined area. They will still be called Trainer of Trainers (ToTs). One of those team members will be selected by them to become the Lead Trainer of Trainers (ToT) and they will be the Operation Trumpet Call’s point of contact. Each area/site will have one Lead Trainer of Trainers (ToT) and five other Trainer of Trainers (ToTs). The five ToTs will each be training ten people, who are to become trainers in the different parts of the area they represent. Those trainers will each train and monitor ten farmers each. The Lead Trainer of Trainers will NOT have ten people under him/her, but will instead be released from that so he/she may oversee his/her Trainer of Trainers and also spearhead the Model Site.

In essence, whilst the number of sites has been reduced, the number of farmers and trainers are being increased. The ToTs will be trained and train during this cycle whilst streamlining the administrative process for greater efficiency and impact.

Edited by Molly Manhanga

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