Today at lunch when I was telling our Camp Manager about my meeting with a group of refugees this morning I happened to mention that many of them had business experience from their lives in Congo, before they became refugees. This is very helpful for our program since they understand the concepts of buying, selling, manufacturing, keeping records, earning a profit, saving, reinvesting in the business and so forth.
Theo told me that when he worked with ARC in Sudan he had to explain to his groups there the reasons why they needed to take the soap that they had made to market in order to sell it. They seemed to think that if people needed soap they would find out where soap was being made and go there to buy it. Theo asked them what they would do if they had a cow that they wanted to sell and they replied that they would leave the cow at home, then go to market and describe the cow to the people they met there.
So, this work with all of its challenges could always be even more difficult. I cannot imagine that it could be more rewarding. My warmest greetings and deepest thanks to all of you for making this program possible.
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