Monday 25th of July; interview Florence (entrepeneur)
Financially independent
Being a mother of three children, and raising her parentless cousins, it almost seems impossible to gain enough money to be independent. Yet Florence is doing amazingly well. By providing her courses she earns even enough to reduce the college fees of the disabled students up to 50%, and she arranges all their transport.
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One of the key factors of Florence's success, is the way she makes her organization known. First of all, she pays exceptional visits in her neighborhood in the search for women with a disability. In order by doing so, she offers them a potential carrier. Secondly, she advertises on the radio. Finally she profits a lot from mouth-to-mouth commercial. She even has costumers from outside the city.
Challenges
Of course her road to success didn't come without any barriers. One challenges she still has to cope with on a daily basis is the problem of transport in Uganda. In order to meet her contacts in time, as well as doing her groceries at the market, she needs a guide and a taxi. This is obviously highly expensive.
Future dreams
Florence's plans for the future are to expand. She already owns a small piece of land behind her enterprise, so it would be ideal for her to share her expertise on sewing with as many potential students as possible. Also, as a part of the expenditure, she would love to have her own shop to sell the handmade crafts from her and the students.
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