200 farmers in Tororo have been involved in the beekeeping projects most were each given three beehives
The women bring the products their bees produce to a small processing building outside the town of TororoRita, a successful beekeeper who has 40 bee hives, talks to the project co-ordinator AnneMembers of the association Annett and Felistas use the beeswax to make candles, which they will sell
After the honey is extracted the wax in boiled before it is poured into a mould to setThe candles are then cut out of the mould and are sold along with the honey in a small shop in the centreAside from learning about beekeeping, the women learn other new skills at the associationThe project aims to give women better social skills. It also teaches them about other farming techniques and family planning
