Success! Jimbo and I had our first meeting at BRAC micro finance on October 5th. After much convincing, hard work, determination, and weeks of pacing back and forth....we received the loan! BRAC finally approved Jacques and Kamba, despite the refugee status, and gave Jacques the check on Monday! This is a huge success and is going to be the beginning of a very good future for Kamba.Since this is the first loan, and Jacques is a refugee, the loan is for a smaller amount than what we asked for, but about the equivalent of $500 (1Million Ugandan Shillings). The check will be available for use on Monday and Jacques will purchase more materials then. Kamba Cooperation will be rockin' and rollin' this month and we are so excited about this opportunity!
As for this week, we have been diligently working on ornaments for fundraising. It has been so much fun to be at the shop with everyone working on this project. We are using this opportunity to teach more refugees how to sew and it has been fascinating to see the progress. We shipped out our first batch to Karen and Tommy in Statesboro, so please be on the look out.
Always sending our love and thanks to everyone at home!
2 comments:
So very excited to hear that the money is "in hand." Way to go..you have really taken a huge step forward....now maybe when BRAC sees their success they will give them even more opportunities.
How about a picture of the ornaments.
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