In which the fruit roll up becomes a success in remote villages of Uganda!



Enjoying the mango to its fullest extent.



Saturday morning Mandy and I headed out to a little village church about 20 kilometers outside of Soroti where a group of women wanted to learn how to preserve mangoes. It was a really fun day and overall very productive. Nearly 3 basins of mangoes were turned into fruit leather that will hopefully stay for a few months. Better than that, more than 10 women learned how to do it themselves and became very excited about other possibilities, things they could try and selling it to generate a little income. (They had never cooked mango before and were even pleased with the sauce. Their kids were too!)  They were a fun group of women to work with and I really enjoyed the day.

So many mangoes!



Peel, pit, cut, repeat.

Simmering for awhile to reach the right consistency.

Spreading it out on plastic to dry in the sun.



Having some of the left over cooked mango.



Final product.

On sunday, after church, the pastor commended the women for their hard work and he showed off the new product they produced. Everyone was really impressed and the women seemed really proud of themselves.

Everyone wants a taste.

They produced about 5 this size.