Fatou Guèye inspires and motivates me in development. She is a widow, a mother, a friend, a leader, a hard worker and a beggar. I met her on the street when she asked me for money and through our friendship we started a small group with other street women. Together these women, professional beggars, have saved money and received small loans for income generating activities. This year five of them learned how to sew and now have a new skill they can put to use to earn money for their families. In collaboration with a local women's association, we started an income generating project called ëmb ("bundle" in Wolof).
The goal of ëmb is for members of the women's association to produce and sell handcrafts locally and internationally. We are in the beginning stages of this project and currently selling table cloths, tie dye cloth bags, and change purses. We hope to expand and improve our product line in the future months. Please contact me if you are interested in ordering any of these products. All the proceeds go to the women's association to be invested into future projects and to support the women.
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