Name: Dickens Nyangore
Region: Muhuru Bay, Kenya
My name is Dickens Nyangore and I live in Muhuru Bay. I live with my seven siblings and our mum. My dad died in 2001. My family's finances are not very stable but we have something to eat at the end of the day. I farm now but I used to work in a shop in Nairobi. I had to leave as people robbed everything in the post-election violence. I'm trying to find a way forward.
We share things as a family and need to spend about 10,000 Shillings a month to get by. Recently, my mother was seriously ill and we couldn't pay the medical bills. We had to find other options and could not buy all the medicines she needed.
When I heard about sunnymoney I was seriously excited. I love the environment and solar can help to preserve it. I was one of only five people chosen from this area to go to Nakuru for training. That was beyond my expectation.
My customers know we have a good product. They keep asking 'are the products ready?!' They will make savings if they follow our instructions. My customers, like my family, will see a big change- a brighter future.
sunnymoney is the name of SolarAid's micro-enterprise scheme that trains entrepreners to sell innovative solar products to lift themselves out of poverty. Find out more
If I was sponsored...
I wanted to work with Sunnymoney because I want to help promote a better environment. Kerosene is bad for the atmosphere and bad for health. We don't know how our future will be if we don't protect our environment.
My life has really changed since I became an entrepreneur. We are also changing the lives of our communities by providing them with light.
We are different to other sales people, who don't know their product. We know our solar kits and how they are made. That makes it easier to sell them to customers. We also provide a guarantee, which is very rare in Kenya.
My vision is to see Sunnymoney grow fast into a company that is respected and honoured and has a say in the development of our economy.
If I was sponsored, I would use the funds to buy a bike to travel to villages and sell more products. At the moment, I travel by foot or bus. Nevertheless, I can still sell 30 products a day.
More from me soon,
Dickens
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