The community has been considering a profit-sharing scheme instead of using the minimum wage to pay coop workers. They have consulted with an accountant-friend who has told them it is possible.

They would like to up the wage-rate in proportion to hours worked and profit-made by the coop. For this task, we are looking for people knowledgeable in business economics to help us work out how to do this and still comply with the cooperative code.

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Welcome to the village of Rebecca Dulo! We are so happy that you've chosen to join our group.

Please take a few moments to post a message introducing yourself so that we can get to know you better. If you have a specific skill set that you think may be useful to our project, we'd love to know more. We are very grateful that you have chosen to volunteer your time with us and look forward to joining hands with you to make our project a success.

Some months ago a discussion started on Nabuur about girls in Kabondo, Kenya not being able to attend school during their period; a common problem in many parts of the developing world. Disposable pads are very expensive and alternatives don't seem to exist for most girls. They often just stay home for the 5-10 days per month that they have they period, rather than be embarrassed. This cuts heavily into their education. ( To see past discussion visit http://www.nabuur.com/en/village/kabondo/project/task/feminine-hygiene-p...)

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Small business opportunities provide a means for individuals to support themselves, their families as well as orphans that may be in their care.

The community is looking to start a small micro-loan program which will start with 10 guardians. Each guardian would develop their own business plans and would receive a loan up to $100.

Each loan would be paid back with interest and then be available for the next person waiting for a micro-loan. There are currently over 40 guardians in the project.

There is need that the entire community is sensitized and reminded of the happenings around them, this fact has sometimes been overtaken by events/activities that surround our day to day lives and often it is forgotten that the vulnerable need support from the community.This array of exercise will be carried out in the following designed modes.
1. Healing courts

Nairobi Eastlands (NESC) has a large bank of potential funding / support organisations listed in the resource section (right hand column). These organisations were selected because they are organisations which have a similar focus to NESC in some way or another. However, it is time to prioritise these according to their potential /liklihood to fund NESC.

Research questions to help are:
i) Does the organsation have a profile in Kenya?
ii) Does their philosophy/focus fit with NESC?
iii) Do they provide actual funding, capital or resources directly?