New group at the coast

Hi there,
Joe and me have identified a new group for MF at the coastal side, near Mtegyke. This is not a support group. It is a group of woman fromone area which has been asking us for ages to come and assess them. I always denied becasue we were focusing on Support groups only. But no SG is ready at the moment on the coast side and Joe is mobile now with his bike and can set this group up. He did the initial meeting on the 2oth of August and is going out for interviews tomorrow. Joe also helped a lot with the big evaluation of the Nshilini group. He was busy for two days. He is doing very well and I hope he keeps up the good work.

Vukani Support Group

On the 31th of July I did the payout for Vukani Support Group. The support group was formed around Nolitha Clinic. I started off with 18 applicants and for the business course 14 turned up. 4 failed the exam but had I gave them a chance to try again. Only one gave it another shot and passed. I only payed out 8 people on the end because 2 have fallen sick and were admitted to the hospital and one quit without giving a reason. Maybe she found the whole thing to stressful. To open your own business is a serious thing and I always stress that point in our courses. All 8 are women and we have got 3 chicken shops, 2 blankets and clothing shops, 2 spaza shop and one hardware shop selling mainly gum poles.
The first pay back and evaluation day is the 21 of September.
The Mqanda group had her first evaluation last week and they are doing well. One of the clients was abit lazy with her book keeping and it took me an hour to calculate her balance. We found out that she is in the minus and we agreed that something is wrong with her way to write down her daily sales. well I hope so!
Joe my assistant is doing all the paydays by himself now. And that is a great relief for me. He also got is motor bike now and can reach even far places.