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SPRING/Ghana Launches Nut Roasting Equipment as a Partnership with USAID and Hershey

On August 21, SPRING/Ghana participated in an event in Kumasi celebrating the launch of new groundnut roasting equipment. SPRING procured this equipment as part of a public-private partnership between USAID and Hershey to help Project Peanut Butter in its work to provide safe, nutritious foods to the children of Ghana.

Read more about the event in our news item.

Regional Minister for Ashanti, Hon. Simon Osei-Mensah, delivering his address. On the dais behind him, in front row (L – R): the US Ambassador to Ghana, H.E. Robert P. Jackson; the Royal Adontenhene (Representative of the Ashanti King, The Otumfuo); Minister for Business Develoment, Hon. Ibrahim Awal Mohammed; and Director of PPB, Ms. Carly Edwards.
Edward Bonku, SPRING/Ghana Chief of Party, delivering a short speech.
Edward Bonku, SPRING/Ghana Chief of Party, delivering a short speech.
Participants at the event came from many sectors, including health, business development, and agriculture.
School pupils reciting a poem on the effects of malnutrition on children.
U.S. Ambassador Jackson giving his address.
A cultural troupe performing traditional music and dance at the event.
Cutting the tape to officially launch the nut roaster. From right to left: Hon. Ibrahim Awal, Minister for Business Development; Royal Adontenhene; US Ambassador Jackson; Ashanti Regional Minister; Carly Edwards, PPB Director.
A component of the equipment that sorts the groundnuts.
U.S. Ambassador Jackson taking a close look at how the nut roasting equipment operates.
Martin Histand, PPB Director of Operations, explaining how the sorted groundnuts are used later in production of healthy foods.
Packed sacks of groundnuts and other production ingredients.
The JSI, Inc. SPRING team. From left to right: Jide Adebisi (SPRING Ghana DCOP-Programs), Dr. Henry Nagai, (JSI Strengthening the Care Continuum Project), Carolyn Hart (SPRING Project Director), Edward Bonku (SPRING Ghana Chief of Party).
Ziba Dokurugu, SPRING/Ghana’s Agriculture Advisor, explains SPRING’s aflatoxin control programs to event participants visiting the SPRING booth.