I am Safiatou DAO, born DIABY. I was born in Bobo Dioulasso and I have four brothers and three sisters. I am a widow since 2009 and I am the mother of three children. The eldest, Djamila, started university a while ago. Chérifa, the second girl attends the second year of a technical school. The youngest, a boy named Iskandhar, is autistic. This is not easy for me because he is not autonomous and we can't provide an adapted treatment because of lack of means.
My small business helps me to pay the bills of water and electricity because unfortunately my widow's pension can't cover all the expenses of my household. In the past I have ran a business of fruit juices (tamarind and pineapple) which worked well. Thanks to money that I have lent before I could buy and stock bags of tamarind and sugar. I have also been able to renew my refrigerator and I still use that one today. Unfortunately my husband and I have moved to another neighborhood in 2008, which made the delivery of juices to my clients more difficult and which in the end has led to the closure of my business.
My business is a small kiosk with the name 'Au coeur des saveurs Africains'. In the morning the kiosk opens around 6.30 AM and it closes at about 4.30 PM each day except on Sundays. For breakfast we serve a variety of hot drinks and sandwiches: there is coffee, tea (with lemon or mint), milk, and sandwiches with butter, minced meat, liver, boiled eggs, omelette or salad. For lunch we serve local dishes: 'riz gras' with fish or meat, attièke (couscous made of manioc), white rice with tomato, peanut or leaves sauce, tô with gombo or leaves sauce. Fresh drinks are available at the kiosk at any time: cold water, bissap, ginger juice.
My clientele is very diverse because it is composed of school children in the neighborhood where I live, students from the two universities in the vicinity of my kiosk, the employees of the PNVB (National Program for Volunteers in Burkina) and the bankers (Ecobank, BCB). This big influx of people obliges me to find a larger space to welcome my clients.
I employ two young girls as waitresses.
The loan of Zidisha will be very useful for me. First of all it will help me to renew and increase my equipment. I will buy chairs and tables, build a new and larger shelter, buy new plates, cups, glasses, spoons and forks. Moreover I will be able to buy a small cooking stove which will allow me to prepare food in my kiosk, because right now I have to prepare everything in my own house and to bring it to the kiosk afterwards.
I am Safiatou DAO, born DIABY. I was born in Bobo Dioulasso and I have four brothers and three sisters. I am a widow since 2009 and I am the mother of three children. The eldest, Djamila, started university a while ago. Chérifa, the second girl attends the second year of a technical school. The youngest, a boy named Iskandhar, is autistic. This is not easy for me because he is not autonomous and we can't provide an adapted treatment because of lack of means.
My small business helps me to pay the bills of water and electricity because unfortunately my widow's pension can't cover all the expenses of my household. In the past I have ran a business of fruit juices (tamarind and pineapple) which worked well. Thanks to money that I have lent before I could buy and stock bags of tamarind and sugar. I have also been able to renew my refrigerator and I still use that one today. Unfortunately my husband and I have moved to another neighborhood in 2008, which made the delivery of juices to my clients more difficult and which in the end has led to the closure of my business.
My business is a small kiosk with the name 'Au coeur des saveurs Africains'. In the morning the kiosk opens around 6.30 AM and it closes at about 4.30 PM each day except on Sundays. For breakfast we serve a variety of hot drinks and sandwiches: there is coffee, tea (with lemon or mint), milk, and sandwiches with butter, minced meat, liver, boiled eggs, omelette or salad. For lunch we serve local dishes: 'riz gras' with fish or meat, attièke (couscous made of manioc), white rice with tomato, peanut or leaves sauce, tô with gombo or leaves sauce. Fresh drinks are available at the kiosk at any time: cold water, bissap, ginger juice.
My clientele is very diverse because it is composed of school children in the neighborhood where I live, students from the two universities in the vicinity of my kiosk, the employees of the PNVB (National Program for Volunteers in Burkina) and the bankers (Ecobank, BCB). This big influx of people obliges me to find a larger space to welcome my clients.
I employ two young girls as waitresses.
The loan of Zidisha will be very useful for me. First of all it will help me to renew and increase my equipment. I will buy chairs and tables, build a new and larger shelter, buy new plates, cups, glasses, spoons and forks. Moreover I will be able to buy a small cooking stove which will allow me to prepare food in my kiosk, because right now I have to prepare everything in my own house and to bring it to the kiosk afterwards.