Opolo James, one of the young adults who is participating in our “Mentoring young adults into innovators against poverty” project, recently had interesting stories to share.
Out of the blue, his expertise as an IT Consultant became sought after, because of how the COVID-19 pandemic has restructured our work and socialization spaces.
Adults who had prior shunned social media, for example, according to him, were in desperate need of his services to help them in acquiring and programming the necessary gadgets – smart phones, laptops, etc., for use in Zoom meetings and all.
Indeed, according to Opolo, his business has flourished during the past year. He is grateful that this happened after he had participated in Module 1: Understanding Poverty in Rural Uganda of our mentoring programme.
His learning from Module 1, according to him, helped him to save through minimizing his expenditure. He was able to raise sufficient funds to buy a motorbike, which has eased his work.
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Opolo is among the young adults who participated in our training on how to prepare and use cash flows for income generating projects and after the training, he pledged:
“From the lessons learnt on cash flow, I would like to apply it on my existing business so as to start something new inside my existing business. The cash flow would help me to achieve my new plans in expanding my existing business. I am looking at incorporating sales of computers and accessories.” James Opolo.
We, at CPAR Uganda, are cheering Opolo on and we look forward to receiving his planning documents for the expansion of business for our review and support.
CPAR Uganda 
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