First they separate the palm fruit from the bunches by hand which is a very tedious job. Then the palm fruit is boiled for 2-4 hours in a drum on a fire made from the palm residue and the bunch. The cooked palm fruit is placed in a mortar and pounded with a pestle. The palm kernel (nut) then has to be removed from the fruit mash. The kernel will be used for something else.
The fruit mash is put in a pressing machine, which is turned by 4 persons. After that the mash is washed with hot water and then boiled again. This second boiling makes the water settle on the bottom of the drum while the oil floats on top. Now the oil has to be separated from the water and put into containers to sell the oil, while the residue is used for fuel in the heating process.
By seeing how essential this palm oil is in providing financial support to these people and their community I choose to help them with machines and equipment that will facilitate the milling.
See in an earlier blog more about the machine system we would llike to purchase to help us provide for these women who are working day and night to only feed their children.
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