Dear Sir Madam

I am the head of a UN Agency in Sudan

I want to offer an opportunity for a Master Thatcher to work with us in Southern Sudan – building up local skills in thatching – lots of skills have been lost over the last 25 years of civil war. It is the sort of thing that might interest a ‘young and fit’ retiree!!

Conditions can be arduous – but it is also fantastically interesting if you have the right approach.

Do you think this may appeal to one of your members?

Best regards

Gregory Wilson, Country Coordinator

UNOPS

Sudan Project Implementation Facility (SPIF)

Mobile +249 912 177238

gregoryW@unops.org

www.unops.org

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Hello!

I might have contacted you already about thatched roofs in UK, as we are seriously considering introducing this kind of roofs here in Eastern Canada.

Would you now be kind enough and forward the information to your members that we are looking for someone, or a group of experienced thatchers, who would be willing to come over and spend a few time with us for a demonstration project, from cutting the grass up to finishing a prototype roof.

On the long run, of course, it is we who would be coming over to learn the trade in apprenticeship. But what is needed right now is first to convince all concerned that thatched roofs, presently unkonwn here in Canada, is a real option.

We have plans already made for a 12m diameter conic roof for a private residence in one of the Montreal suburbs. And there are plenty of phragmites all along the Saint-Laurence river. But nobody here knows how to cut the reeds, to process them and put them on a roof.

If any among your members show some interest in this venture, we would be most willing to start negotiating the feasibility of the project, hopefully for this coming Fall 2006.

Thank you very much for your anticipated collaboration!

François-X. N.I. NSENGA

Independent Researcher in
Industrial Design and Sociology

P.O.Box 643, Snowdon
Montreal, Quebec
CANADA H3X 3X8

Phone & Fax: (514) 737-8300

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