WE MET OCT 2018 IN TAIZÉ, FRANCE WHILE DOING A WEEK OF SILENCE TOGETHER. SINCE THEN LINDA GOT MARRIED, NA’ANPOEN WAS BORN AND SHE IS RAISING HIM AS A SINGLE MOTHER IN JOS, NIGERIA.

AFTER SOME HEALTH ISSUES AND THREE MONTHS OF TREATMENT LINDA IS BACK ON HER FEET. WE’RE COLLECTING FOR ONE OF HER BUSINESS PLANS:

#1👗 👞 Clothing Trade

Men’s trousers (20 pieces): 400,000 NGN

Men’s shirts & polos: 250,000 NGN

Men’s shoes: 250,000 NGN

Women’s gowns: 300,000 NGN

Women’s tops, trousers, shoes, slippers, bags, shirts: 1,020,000 NGN

Transport & miscellaneous: 100,000 NGN

Total: 2,450,000 NGN (~€1408,75)

👉 A larger project: requires about 140 donors of €10 each. Initially, goods would be sold by hawking, as renting a shop would add €200–250/month.

#2 🐥 Poultry Farming (her aunt’s business)

Chicks (50 @ 1,500 NGN): 76,500 NGN

Feed (10 bags @ 28,000 NGN): 280,000 NGN

Vaccines: 5,000 NGN

Charcoal (2 bags @ 10,000 NGN): 20,000 NGN

Total: 381,500 NGN (~€219)

👉 A small project: with about 22 donors of €10 each, the entire poultry business can be launched.

Txt from Linda:

“Ok,I’m also a graduate of sociology since 2016,and I intend to further for my masters if I get the opportunity to do that,but getting a job in Nigeria is not an easy task here,we have so many graduate rooming the streets,is better I go into business than depending on government job that I have been searching for years,except you know someone who is government (that’s Nigeria society)

I want to thank everyone who is willing to support me,through these support,when I start the business I can afford to send my child to school and train him,I can also assist my sick parents,my niece who is also in school and can be able to feed well 

I pray God bless them and open more doors for them 

Helping me will really go a long way to bring me back on my feet to move on with life and out of depression. Thank you and love ❤️ you all.“