How has Indego Africa affected your life?Indego has helped not only me but also all of the women here, because before Indego came I used to have their products here but no one to buy them. Some of these products were still here and when Indego came, we were able to get more orders and get money to solve some of the problems in our family. I can buy new clothes for myself and if I need to visit my friend somewhere far I can pay my fee. Now I can help people because I have something they do not have. I can give clothes to a friend and I can give food. I live by this help because I do not farm; I use the money to go to the market to get everything I need. I do not have me own family, because all of them were murdered in the genocide.
What is the most important skill you have learned in the training programs?
What is the most important skill you have learned in the training programs?
I cannot tell you computer or management training which is more important because everything I see is useful. I got a 72% on my test because I am so interested.
What is your favorite part of the training program?
Recording, I was so happy for recording, I am the secretary, so I am so happy to do this it matches with my role in the cooperative.
If you could tell people in the U.S. one thing, what would it be?
Before Indego, I was like an abandoned forgotten person but now I feel like I am useful to society because I can produce something. I am no longer a consumer I can contribute. The way I perceive America is as good people who do not think of themselves only because they send computers and they train us, they help us to get out of our poverty.
What is your favorite part of the computer training, and why?
I love saving files. You cannot lose those files once you save them, but when you write you lose the paper, but when you save on a computer, it cannot be changed or lost.
How does it make you feel knowing that people all over the United States have your baskets/wine coasters in their homes?
When I think of people having my items in the US, I feel useful because I can give my best to the people. Whenever people have my things, people think of me. I feel like I am a useful person. I feel like I am very happy for that but I feel like I need to see that picture of people who have my product on their table. I am very happy, but I need to see the picture of how it is because I cannot see it in my mind.
Anyone have a picture of themselves with Indego Africa handicrafts? If so, send to ben.stone@indegoafrica.org and we'll make sure Daphrose gets it!
1 comments:
Wow, what a mindblowing interview. By getting involved in Indego, Daphrose has multiplied her sense of the world, and greatly increased her own sense of place and security in the world.
I mean, that's all anyone wants out of life, right? Perspective, groundedness, security, and self-determination.
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