What I am going to write about now, has become something close to my heart. After living here for ten weeks, have I grown very fond of the projects we are working for. I get proud of telling others what I am contributing with and what SEMA has already managed to accomplish in the 20 years they have existed. I got extra proud Wednesday the 12th of December. When the girls finish the nine months long course Bonga, they have the opportunity to sign up for Bonga Forum. Here SEMA helps them and guides them in how to start up a business. We in ACTNOW share an office with the people from SEMA that works with helping these girls, and on Wednesday the 12th of December they brought us out in field. We were going to get an overview on what they have managed to create, and we were going to teach them about Waste Management. The first place we went to, I couldn’t believe that it was made by girls who had initially dropped out of school and used to be very shy. We sat down and talked to them, laughed at our communication problems and ate the food they made. It was by far the best Tanzanian breakfast I have eaten. Six bongagirls made this little charming eatery together some time back. Everyone wakes up every day at sunrise to start cooking, and work until the sun goes down 13 hours later. Even though the hourly wages for each and every one of them are not something to brag about, it was so amazing to see how proud they were of what they had managed to start up and it gave them great pleasure to make money on their own. This is what makes me so proud of what SEMA does, and that by supporting Strømme foundation we can really make lifechanging difference to the lives of others.
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