Women's group

Lindsey and I had been working on ideas to help with the women's groups around Kiminini. We came up with the idea for the women to make crepes so they could sell them outside of schools for 10 shillings. We had to come up with a very inexpensive recipe so they could make the most profit. We filled them with bananas because they do not have to pay anything for them because they grow them in their backyards. 

In these pictures we are having the ladies try out making and flipping the crepes. They aren't exactly like the french crepes but they are close enough. They actually taste really good too.

This is Linet who is the leader of different women's groups. She was the first one to try and make a crepe because all of the other ladies were to nervous to try.

The other ladies were so good at making them and they all wanted to have their picture taken while making them. At first I just took a picture of the first couple of ladies but then they all asked to have their picture taken. 

These ladies were very grateful for having us teach them how to make crepes. They asked us to teach them how to make other desserts too, so we told them next time we come back we will give them another recipe. At the end of the lesson they made us stay for lunch of beans and corn. This is what they eat all of the time it is a staple for them. I'm not the biggest fan of it, but I couldn't say no.

I am excited to find out if the ladies actually started to sell them. Some of the women are very timid so I'm not sure if they will actually go out and sell. If they do sell they should be able to get a pretty good profit of 100 shillings which is a little more than a dollar, but still better than nothing. It is the dry season right now so many of the women do not have any crops to sell so they are in need of new projects. 

We started the ladies with some of the ingredients so they can start up the business and be able to pay for more ingredients. I will let you know how the business goes!