Some people learn business by studying it in school. Some learn it by trial and error. Ncobile Ethel Simelane just has intuition, but she makes the most of what she has. After all, she’s had seven children, and is also taking care of two orphans. So when AfricaWorks began talking about raising chickens, she was one of the first to seize the opportunity. She and her husband rallied the community, and now there are fourteen chicken houses in their village. And there are more people who want to join.
With the money she makes from her chickens, Mrs. Simelane hopes to pay school fees for her children and build a house with 5-7 rooms, enough for her family to move out of their current two-room house. But she isn’t content with the income she receives from her families. She is also using the manure from her chickens to fertilize her vegetable garden so that the vegetables her family grows will be improved.
But it’s not the income from the chickens or the prime vegetables that make Mrs. Simelane proud. It’s not even the chickens she brings to her family if they’re too small to be slaughtered at the abattoir. She is proud because they’re doing something better than what they were doing before. Before, they were eking out enough money to live by growing vegetables. Now, they have a real business and enough money to pay for luxuries like a home with five rooms.
-Ben
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