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“Before I was working in my brother’s store selling rice and other items for him. He didn’t pay me but he supported me, paying for my clothes and anything else that I needed.
“I feel independent now – I have my own business and I make my own money. I don’t have to ask for anyone to help me. I can satisfy my needs, I am thankful for that.
“I am interested in product development, because here in Casamance there is a lot of fruit from April through to July, but then no more. So a good way to make money is to preserve the fruit.
“I now have seven women helping me. It takes one week to make a production and from this we can earn 35,000 CFA [approx. £54]
“I only have a small amount of equipment, so I can only work with two people doing hibiscus, two making the ginger juice and two making juice from the dittah fruit.
“At this time there is a lot of baobab fruit and sweet potato so if I had the right machine I could also make marmalade.
“I want my business to grow and develop. I am getting a lot of requests for people to work with me but I need more equipment to expand.”
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