Jul 2014 Ken Billington on Trade Aid in Tanzania - at the Royal Cambridge Hotel

Ken Billington from Trade Aid (and also DG of D1070) gave an illustrated talk on the work of Trade Aid and had many interested questions to answer.

HAVE YOU ANY zips, buttons or flat-irons that they could have ?? - Get them to Vicky B.

http://www.tradeaiduk.org/page/who-we-are

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'Tanzania officially ranks as one of the world's poorest nations. Poverty is endemic. It is the aim of Trade Aid to manage projects that will help alleviate this poverty.

Trade Aid's activities help to develop sustainable employment. We work on a number of projects in Mikindani in partnership with the national, regional and local government of Tanzania and the community of Mikindani eg advice, training, microfinance.' 

The Rotary Club of Grantham Kesteven started this Business in a Box scheme - They fill 7 different Business Start-up Boxes including Seamstress, Builder, Carpenter and Teacher.  After a year of training the entrepreneur is given a box and then pays back a certain amount over time to show their commitment to the scheme.  The boxes are only