Monday, February 16, 2009

Social Enterprising Spotlight: Fatuma Nyiramana

Jadot - Indego Africa's Hand Up Coordinator - recently sat down with Fatuma Nyiramana, 50, a master weaver at Covanya who supports six children.


How has Indego Africa affected your life?

Before I did not know how to weave, I can now weave and I have some money to help my family because I have so many children. I earn money to feed the children, to help my family because I am now able to work.

If you could tell people in the United States one thing, what would it be?

I don't know what to say, but my heart says that I love the US and the people there. I just want to say thank you for what you have done for me and my family.

What is your favorite part of the computer training, and why?

What I see is very nice, but I think computers are so difficult to understand.

How does it make you feel knowing that people all over the US have your baskets in their home?

I am very happy to produce something lovely that goes beyond the Rwandan border.

What are your hopes for the future?

The future is in the hands of God and I cannot tell what will be in the future. According to the way I live now things should be good but only God knows. According to my past after genocide I remained with my family to care and feed for them. God helped me because now I can feed the children.

What is your favorite part of the management training, and why?

I like recording of finances because before we used to work in a very suspicous way with no recording, no way to know how to get money. Everything is clear now.

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