Entrepreneurial Success Story: Loyce

Hello, my name is Logo​​se Loyce!
I am a graduate of the Global Village Connect Business Training Program ​

My business is selling bricks. I was very scared to start a business because I didn't have any money. I was afraid of what people would say if I started something very small, so I kept putting it off for a very long time.
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During the Global Village Connect's Business Training Program, we learned about the reasons that stop people from getting out of their comfort zones. Two reasons seemed to talk about me: fear and procrastination. 

I love this business, because I can sell bricks in bulk and earn enough money to take care of demands like school fees which require a large sum of money at once."
​--Loyce

The training taught me that I could start a business even without money. Instead, I could use the dormant resources around me. This gave me the encouragement I needed to start my brick laying business. I put my fear aside, and stopped procrastinating.

​I had an anthill on my land, so I asked my sons to help me dig it and make bricks. We worked hard and after burning, we had made 15,000 bricks.

In June, we sold 10,000 bricks for $223. I used this income to pay for my children's school fees; I have children in primary school and one taking a course at a post-secondary institute. In September, I sold the remaining 5,000 bricks for $113 and was able to afford school fees for the third term.

I love this business, because I can sell bricks in bulk and earn enough money to take care of demands like school fees which require a large sum of money at once.

My future goal is to be able to operate a dry foods business that can bring in daily income, because bricks take about two months to be ready for sale.

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Just $300—or $25 a month—covers the tuition for a six-month entrepreneurship program and enables another parent to send her children to school, like it did for Loyce and her children. 
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