Business Success Story: Ayub

Growing up, I never imagined that I would be a business owner someday. Four months ago, I was working for someone as a motorcycle driver and was paid 50 cents a day. This was not even enough to buy basic needs for my family and pay for school. To make matters worse, it was not consistent work. Sometimes I worked only two or three days a week! As a father, this constantly worried me because I was afraid of failing to give my child a better future.

​“I cannot contain my excitement for this new chapter in my life! The thought of being able to buy food, water and milk for my child gives me the motivation to continue working hard in my new business.”

The turning point came when I got the opportunity to attend the business training with Global Village Connect. I learned how to start a business from scratch and how to manage it. I took this information very seriously, and decided to use it to change my life. 

In the training, I learned that I should use a skill to get started. Since I had experience as a motorcycle driver, I approached a gentleman who had a foot injury and couldn’t ride his own motorcycle. I asked to drive it for him until he could get back on his feet. He agreed to let me ride it for a daily wage of $1.40. I rode that bike for 45 days, and I saved every cent. To cut down on home expenses, my wife and I ate boiled food, skipped morning tea, and only used sugar to sweeten our son’s porridge. By the end of the 45 days, I had saved $66 – capital to start my business. 

After doing market research, I decided to start rearing chicken since I already knew how to take care of them. I started with 50 chicks and half a bag of maize as food for these chicks. 
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I am going to sell these hens each $3.60 by the end of November, and if I sell them all I will earn a gross income of $178. After deducting all my expenses, I will have a net income of $66 just after six weeks.

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