Africans see culture as a definition of a true you, the legacy and physical attributes of a group of society that are Inherited from past generations maintained In the present and bestowed for the benefit of the future generation, from it language, religion , cuisine, social habit, music & art, But through culture misconceptions are silenced. These days culture is neglected to an extent that even our traditions are forgotten. Pond the high unemployment rate in rural areas, Enacts MUTE acknowledged and embraced the fact that clothing and textile Industry has been and remains a very significant source of employment to all, Last year Enacts MUTE traveled km to a small town called Maturate next to the greater Saint Lucia Wetland Park in the north coast of KEN, Where we identified he challenges that were facing a co-pop that we formed with a group of 3 tailors, 2 students, 1 security and 1 traditional shoe maker.
The challenges that the group experienced were the registration of the co-pop, securing a working environment, financial literacy, marketing mix. Promotional skills and business skills. Once again Enacts Mute intervened as we taught them business and financial skills which was done by Median as well as help them create their own constitution.They were now able to produce their own business cards showing a successful transfer of racketing skills from us to them.
As this Is an on-going project Tansies experienced certain challenges this current Enacts year, they had a problem with the place that they were operating in. The reason why they decided to relocate was because they had excess supply due to insufficient market segment. We then conducted a needs analysis and found a perfect place In Richards Bay that catered for their business. After a long successful working relationship It was time for their business to run on its own, it was time for us to part.Our mandate for creating Tansies was clear, embracing our culture through the positive power of business.
But we had one last thing to as part of our exit strategy. Once again we came up with brilliant marketing idea. We hosted a huge marketing prospective an outdoor fashion show. We had deferent kinds of distinguished guests.
The list consisted of the mayor, the local counselor, government officials, business representatives and the whole show were tremendously successful. We obtained a total of 38 orders and 27 bookings.Ladies and Gentlemen this is the stage we are leaving them in from three women Just reducing traditional textile for general walk in clients. Thanks to Enacts Mute they grew from that ground level they previously operated in to a more sophisticated and competitive level since now they are more organized. Tansies now offers their products for selling and rental purposes, which means they increased their market segment and return on investment. From the magnificent work we have done maturate, yes we did face some difficulties, as a result we learnt as a team and yes they were things that could have been done better.
Due to the challenges we faced as Enacts Mute our eyes were penned, minds were challenged, barriers were conquered and lives were changed, From one end of the KEN province across km to the other end. Ladies and Gentleman introducing Oklahoman co-pop is situated at Port Soapstone in a small village called Manville . The co-pop was established by a group of six women because of high rates of unemployment, poor standard of living and low quality of life since they depend on social grants for a living which is next impossible to afford adapting to the high cost of living in our days.Monogamous University of Technology the only institution that provides higher education in a township, established by the chief minister of Zulu natal with the aim of providing technical education to the youth of Durban. This university Team Sustainability Through team work anything can be achieved, Enacts team needs to be run like a business having the structure and formation of management.
Enacts is a business, but not of gaining materialistic values. When I smile you smile, we smile together because a smile means hope where there is Just a little glimpse of hope there is entrepreneurship.This is what Enacts means to us as the Monogamous University of technology team. As Enacts MUTE we do not only acquire knowledge that one must study but also acquire wisdom which one must observe. We started recruiting on the 13th of August last year and we felt that teaching the team about the criterion and the way Enacts project needs to be structured was important. Our recruitment focuses mainly on first year students to achieve team sustainability.
