Mforo, Tanzania un villaggio nei pressi di Moshi, Tanzania. Sorella solare imprenditori si riuniscono a Fatma Mzirayâs home per andare oltre il business e condividere idee. Essi godono di essere insieme e si sentono tutti come li aiuta a imparare gli uni dagli altri e provare nuovi metodi di vendita e marketing. Essi hanno tutti diventano amici vicini a causa del gruppo. Essi convengono sul fatto che se le donne che lavorano insieme è più facile ottenere opportunità e far crescere il loro business. Da sinistra a destra: Grazia Kimaro, Grazia Mbwambo, Fatma Mziray, Sadia Abdallah, e nel verde del velo, Mwunaidi Msuya.
Mforo, Tanzania a village near Moshi, Tanzania. Solar Sister entrepreneurs meet together at Fatma Mzirayâs home to go over business and share ideas. They enjoy being together and they all feel like it helps them to learn from each other and try new methods of selling and marketing. They have all become close friends because of the group. They agree that if women work together it is easier to get opportunities and grow their business. Left to right: Grace Kimaro, Grace Mbwambo, Fatma Mziray, Sadia Abdallah, and in the green headscarf, Mwunaidi Msuya. Fatma Mziray is a Solar Sister entrepreneur who sells both clean cookstoves and solar lanterns. Fatma heard about the cookstoves from a Solar Sister development associate and decided to try one out. The smoke from cooking on her traditional wood stove using firewood was causing her to have a lot of heath problems, her lungs congested her eyes stinging and her doctor told her that she had to stop cooking that way. Some days she felt so bad she couldn't go in to cook. Fatma said, âCooking for a family, preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner I used to gather a large load of wood every day to use. Now with the new cook stove the same load of wood can last up to three weeks of cooking. âWith the extra time I can develop my business. I also have more time for the family. I can monitor my childrenâs studies. All of this makes for a happier family and a better relationship with my husband. Since using the clean cookstove no one has been sick or gone to the hospital due to flu.â Fatma sees herself helping her community because she no longer sees the people that she has sold cookstoves have red eyes, coughing or sick like they used to be. She has been able to help with the school fees for her children, purchase items for the home and a cow. âWhat makes me wake up early every morning and take my cookstoves and go to my business is to be able to take my family to
