Over the past three months, I have been working with a local entrepreneur who is growing a quail egg and meat production business in a poor village in the southern region of Moldova. He came to us at Incubatorul de Afaceri Leova in order to receive financial assistance through a small financial grant program managed by Winrock International.

Listen to the detailed account below of how our story went and discover some serious underlying problems surrounding my first year of Peace Corps service and my interpretation of how it affects Moldovans’ ability to improve the national economy:

** The video was made in anticipation of  Storytellers which will reflect on 20 years of Peace Corps service in Moldova.

Supplementary Photos:

The exterior of the Bratunov family quail incubator in Iargara, Moldova.

This is where the quail eggs are stored to incubate.

When the quail eggs become too large for the incubation box, they are moved into the incubation room.

When the quails hatch from their eggs they are placed on these metal racks where they receive food and water.