Inventory Stocked- Businesses Up and Running

What a day. At 6am we were at Kawangware Market buying charcoal stoves, potatoes, charcoal, pans, frying oil, bananas, tomatoes, onions, ketchup, strainers, and anything else they needed for their businesses. We were able to supply them with everything they needed due to your generous donations. You should feel proud that your donations are making a huge difference in the lives of these Kenyans who struggle to provide for their families.
Christine's Chips is 100% complete and operational. She is out on the most heavily traveled road in Kawangware cooking fries and selling them in her new display case we had built for her. We will be stopping by for some fries in a bit. She made sure to let us know we have to pay, with no discount
Eddiah's Chip stand will be complete on Monday. All of her stock is bought and her stand was rented today. As previously mentioned, the bargaining tactic of offering a larger amount of money upfront and a small amount for the following months worked beautifully. The display case is still in progress but will be done for Eddiah to start selling chips Monday morning.

Tabetha's sweet potato stand, which is located 3 stands down from Eddiah's stand, has already sold a few dozen sweet potatoes and a number of bananas. We knew Tabetha was on a mission to succeed when we saw her running behind the cart that was transporting her sack of potatoes, holding on with one hand to make sure the porter didnt make off with her inventory. By the way, it was 5am.
Rebecca's necklace business has really impressed us. She is going to have the opportunity to truly succeed, and we think she will take full advantage of it. We gave Rebecca all of the stock she could possibly handle and are working on getting her a spot at the Maasi Market- A market frequented by tourists in Kenya. For now, Rebecca will be selling her necklaces at local boutiques.

Patricia's stand consists mainly of Omena (mino's), bananas, tomatoes, and onions. Kenyan's love their Omena, which Patricia demonstrated yesterday by eating a mino, raw- leaving only the tail. Good thing we hadn't eaten breakfast yet because we would have seen it again. We joked with her that we better not come by her stand and find only tails of omena left, but she explained that she needed to test them to see if they had stones.

Nina's bed cover stand has been postponed due to Nina falling ill. This is inevitable when your business owner's are suffering from such a harsh disease. We will meet with Nina again when she is feeling better next week.

In all, A successful week. Five fully functioning businesses have been started and 8 future business owners have been selected for next week. Pictures to come soon!