My name is Akao Janet and I am one of the young mothers in Adak.
Ignite Change trained us for 7 months with a lot of topics that changed our lives.
After graduating, Madam Colline (our mentor) came back and started mentoring us the alcohol users. In my case, I was a serious drunkard and alcohol brewer.
During the mentorship, I had two basins of peas (Aguka) in the house and then the mentor asked me if I could sell them off believing my life will change out of it.
When I started selling the peas, my mentor never left my side but kept on guiding me on what to do. I sold the two basins and got the profits of which I bought another sack. Form one sack, I bought 5 sacks. After selling 4 out of 5 bags, I have 700,000/= as an income. This changed my life and I took my mind from alcohol brewing/ drinking and now I am a powerful woman.
I can now pay my children’s fees, buy food items like salt, sugar, and soap, etc. I don't beg for anything from a man.
In two years to come, I want to get a weighing scale in front of my home and start buying from farmers in bulk and put the produce in trucks for big cities.
I would like to ask Ignite Change to extend this program to other people not stopping with us so that many can also become powerful like me.
Recognition to the organization for their support to change our lives.