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.