SUCCESS BLOG
Inspired by Cancer
Ecuador. “My name is Gueisel and I am 40 years old. My story begins when my husband was diagnosed with cancer and it brought a lot of sadness. Because of this trial, however, I began to sell desserts and empanadas y it turned out to be very successful. I sold 400 empanadas in two days. I never expected to sell so much and that’s when I decided to create my own business.
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Long Sought Success
Uganda. Margaret Nelson is a retired RN from Washington State. Throughout her career she gained experience in clinical and community health, working with refugees and low-income populations. These experiences prepared her to move to Africa after her retirement, where she served on short-term mission trips and worked in local health clinics. She decided she wanted to do more so she settled down in a small village in Uganda, started building herself a house and developing plans to make a difference in the lives of the people she was getting to know. She worked with a few different NGOs, including a few that she started on her own, but never found the success she was seeking.
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Graduation on the other side of the World
Cameroon. We are so excited about the progress we’ve made around the world and want to share some photos of one of our recent Success Ambassador graduations. Merlin Saha graduated as a Success Ambassador, but due to his remote location, we held his graduation ceremony via an online video conference. It was a great experience to remind us that there are no limitations or restrictions to the success of an individual. We adapt to the situations we are handed and when we do so we can achieve great things! Good work Merlin!
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Mutual Respect for All
Ecuador. In every meeting at Interweave Solutions, we recite the “7 values”, which are crucial if we are to uphold our mission. The first of these values is one of the most important: Mutual Respect for All.
One Success Ambassador in Ecuador shows that she is willing to go out of her way to make sure everyone has an equal chance to benefit from the MBS program. As she started teaching the class, Ambassador Chio Zuñiga came in contact with the yard worker of one of her students. His name was Patricio. Because Chio is so passionate about the work she does with Interweave, she invited him to participate in her class. When he arrived, she noticed he was very quiet and to some degree seemed to have a learning disability. He didn’t know how to read, but carried an enthusiasm that ran deeper than his disadvantage.
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Chickens in Uganda
Uganda. Ruth is an example of the success that can come from applying the principles of the MBS program, no matter where you are in the world. She has seen the 6P’s of business improve and grow her chicken business in many ways. Like all entrepreneurs, she started small, but now her business regularly houses over 2000 chickens and is constantly growing.
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The First of Many
Cameroon. In June of last year, we posted on this blog about our newest Success Ambassador, Francky Adjomo, from Cameroon. In the last 7 months he’s been working hard to strengthen his MBS business and this month it finally paid off and he celebrated the graduation of his first self-reliance group! We are so excited to see him making such a difference in his community in Cameroon! Best of luck to Francky as he continues finding and training participants in the Masters of Business Program!
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A Pleasure to Help
Benin. Jean Ahowekoun and Charles Nouatin are our two newest Success Ambassadors in Benin! They were both certified as Success Ambassadors within the last few months and are already seeing progress in the groups they have started. They are working especially with a group of women, some of which don’t even have basic reading skills, but they report that the women are eager to learn and improve their lives!
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Connecting Hemispheres
Portugal. For a long time, Interweave Solutions has been focusing our efforts in many parts of Latin America and Africa, and we hadn’t seen as much growth in Europe and North America. However, we recently received a report from our Success Ambassador in Portugal with some fantastic updates about her progress there! Here is some of her exciting news!
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Look at all those Peppers!
Democratic Republic of the Congo. A group in the Congo has taken the 6P’s of the MBS program and created a business growing and selling peppers in their local market! As a reminder, the 6P’s are:
PLAN, PRODUCT, PROCESS, PRICE, PROMOTION, and PAPERWORK.
We love seeing the application of these principles around the world, moving people from poverty to prosperity.
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Moving along in Cameroon
Cameroon. We have seen exciting progress throughout the last couple months in Cameroon. Success Ambassador Medjo Olivier has been working to create partnerships with various ministries and is looking forward to receiving substantial sponsorship from the Department of Origin in the coming year! Just in the last few weeks, Medjo has started training new participants in addition to the official group he started in the middle of October.
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Connections Across Africa
Kenya. Jude Nwachukwu, a Success Ambassador from Liberia, recently met up with pastors from around Africa to attend a two week conference in Kenya. While there, he completed a 10-day MBS training for a participant who has since had his paperwork approved, received his MBS certificate and is working towards becoming our first Success Ambassador in Kenya.
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Graduation in the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo. Success Ambassadors in the Congo have been working hard and the fruits have finally been harvested! Here was a graduation of a group sponsored by the Canadian University of the Congo. There are two more groups preparing to graduate in the coming months and a new “Center for Autonomy and MBS Services,” which they created as part of the course in order to help spread the program to the community.
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Moving forward in Ecuador
Ecuador. Dean Curtis, co-founder of Interweave Solutions recently traveled to South America to celebrate two exciting MBS Graduations in Ecuador and Colombia. Over 50 people in these two countries received their MBS Certifications! Our Success Ambassadors have been working hard to facilitate the progress of these participants along the road to self-sufficiency.
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Teaming up with the Community
Guyana. The MBS program focuses on 3 areas in which we can improve: business, home, and community. Interweave Guyana recently partnered with the local police station and a local church to participate in a service project to improve street conditions and erect some new road signs. As an organization that strives to strengthen people in groups, we’ve seen that service projects like this serve to both strengthen the community and build bridges between different organizations, allowing us to work together for good.
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Interweave in Guyana
Berbice, Guyana. In 2014, Interweave Solutions partnered with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to provide business training to its members all over Guyana. A year later and after measurable success, Dr. Lynn Curtis and two Success Ambassadors presented the program to the First Lady of Guyana, who proceeded to make it a key part of her office’s agenda. Since then, Interweave’s Master of Business in the Streets program has grown and thrived throughout the country.
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Never Too Young: The youngest MBS participant
Ecuador. May Rodriguez became a Success Ambassador and brought along her 9 year-old daughter, Ghia, to all the classes she taught. After watching three different groups graduate, Ghia decided that she too wanted to take the class and start her own business. She is currently participating in her mom’s MBS class and completing all the requirements. She has started her business making and selling pillows and small stuffed animals.
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