April 2010 Training for Business Women

In 2008 30 Maasai women graduated from an Entrepreurial and Life Skill Class taught by Project Baobab in Kenya. Since them many of them have been having their own businesses, working to keep good records and over coming hardships like an extended drought.

For now the drought is over and some women are trying to get their businesses running again while others are working to make their businesses profitable.

18 Women attended the SAWA (Solidarity for Advancement of Women's Agendas) in April. They had all attended the Project Baobab class.

The objectives were to:

share sources of funds for their businesses

review the importance of record keeping

review their bookkeeping as a tool of financial management

The training was done by Catherine Kaimenyi, Coordinator and Elizabeth Cheptoo, Project Officer who told them about the Women Enterprise Fund (set by the government for small business).

Catherine Kaimenyi(SAWA photo) Classroom (SAWA photo)

The Maasai women were grateful for the added training and the potential for more.

MAY EVENT

YOU'RE INVITED

This event is an opportunity to learn about MWEEP and also to hear updates on what board members have seen and done in Kenya in 2009. There will be a report from Loanna Day/Founder on her annual trip to Kenya in December. This will include an update on the girls we are helping with school fees (83 total since 2007) and the Solar Cooker class offered to the women. You will also hear from Barb Stark, another board member and friend Diana Zegers who visited the MWEEP women and girls in October 2009.

There are also some new developments in 2010. The MWEEP women hosted a workshop for the girls in April (Dr. Koi Tirima, Methodist Univeristy Nairobi, Kenya). All the MWEEP sponsored girls received a book and for 4 of them is was the first book they had ever owned.

The women had a training with Solidarity for Advancement of Women's Agenda (SAWA).

We look forward to seeing you there.