By Jessica Huntley | Social Enterprise
Thanks to the 57 donors who have supported our cause already we are well on our way to meeting our final target. With 7 days remaining before the Global Giving Challenge closes, we have £459 left to raise! We are so grateful for your belief in our cause, and the contribution that you have made to our success so far.
This week we have completed the Phetoho stock take. This involved a lot of clothes counting - as the picture shows! It is a relief to see the stock room in a neat order now, ready for customers to come and select their clothing purchases. We have also been sourcing clothes donors (local corporate organisations and embassies) - who wish to collaborate with us long-term and have our collections boxes placed in their office spaces - with good success so far.
Today I met with a Future Families careworker with an inspiring personal story as someone who has in the past battled with HIV and supported a son with severe mental disabilities. She finds dignity and satisfaction in her identity as a Future Families colleague, empowering her community, and gives her time and expertise generously to a large network of Future Families clients that benefit from her positive energy and wholehearted approach.
She really believes in the power of "Phetoho" and tells me today that so often she sees women who are staying with an abusive husband as they feel they have no other choice, or agency to choose a different life. Phetoho builds people's confidence and creates economic opportunities that allow them to see an alternative future for themselves, which they can take control of and shape according to what they want to do with their life.
It was during her work and client visits that she met Miriam, who became our first customer/community entrepreneur. Miriam has established a successful micro-enterprise and is selling R1000s of clothes every month now; returning to Phetoho regularly to source her clothes stock.
Your support is directly assisting our journey to a professionalised and scaled up Phetoho, to enable us to reach and empower more people to create their own future.
Thank you for taking hands with us on this journey.
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