I am so proud to announce that this Friday, I will be a panel member at #shedidit! An event for female entrepreneurship, diversity and youth. Because YES we exist!
Happy Monday ! Flashback to #burkinafaso #ougadougou #po working on a #labourrights project for the #tradeunion Po is situated in the southern part of Burkina bordering 🇬🇭 I describe my visit as page 1 in the Bible, so much work has to be done as it is a fully undeveloped poverty stricken area. Here the key was to assist unions financially so they can help the bottom poor employees with for example free day care for children. This way women can focus on creating an income for their families such as making #organic #sheabutter babysteps to #development #developmentaid #labourunion #workerrights #ilo #sheabutterproject #empowerment #femaleentrepreneurs (bij Pô)
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Merry Christmas & a Healthy New Year from the Faytex family ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ #merrychristmaseve #merrychristmaseveryone #sanitarypads #maternitypads #ghanamade2k17 #madeinghana #legacy #empowerment #leadership #opportunities #distributorship #csr
Coming to a school near you 👊🏿👊🏾👊🏽👊🏼!!!!! #faytexcaresforyou #ghana #madeinghana #heforshe #accra #womenrights #supportwomen #supportgirls #supportyourcommunity #empowerment #enlightenment #youthleadership #menstruation #menses #saynotoperiodpoverty
Passionate, ambitious and driven are a few words to describe this young lady who came to our factory today! She will be taking the message on to the streets very soon! We are privileged to be able to help in our Little way by making safe, healthy and affordable sanitary pads accessible to all reaches of Ghana! Made right here in our great nation! 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭 Let’s welcome @mercynkum_smiles #madeinghana #faytexcaresforyou #mercynkumsmiles #femaleboss #bosslady #womenrights #empowerment #ruraldevelopment #csr #giveback #healthiswealth #spreadtheword #ghanamade #faytexcares #sanitarypads #strongwomen #weallbleed #supportyourcommunity #supportwomen #buylocal #menstruation #bywomenforwomen
There is no better than time than the holiday season to reach out to our communities and give ! Join us all on the rural tour Christmas donations with @rabbybray @ghanaposts @l2dav4 @faytexsanitary @officepal Spintex promoting menstrual care and education in Volta with Anja Foundation and Susan Greisbach in Have - Etoe Volta ! #organicpads #healthiswealth #faytexcaresforyou #accra #girls #blackgirlmagic #empowerment #education #menstrualhygienemanagement #sanitarypads #officesupplies #penandpaper #christmasdonations #volta #anjafoundation #ghana #susangreisbach #madeinghana #menstrualcare #faytexcaresforyou #foundations #giveback #happyholidays #csr #charityevent
We are always looking to expand our #mission as an #equalopportunity #employer we like to give #chances to everyone ! We are delighted to have sat together with @swebfoundation which is a fantastic initiative that empowers #Disabled through #entrepreneurship. We at @faytexsanitary are expanding our #csr program to include more #distributors with #disabilities into our network ! We are hoping that we can soon look back on amazing #partnership with #sweb ! Go online and read the story of how #swebfoundation started. It will inspire all of you ! #faytexcaresforyou #awareness #disability #distributorship #genderbasedincome #empowerment #women #ghana #westafrica #weallbleed #menstrualhygiene #saynotoperiodpoverty Having a disability in Ghana is harsh. Many people are shunned from society. Mothers leave their newborns near the river to be swept away … those that are surviving in these conditions deserve the best opportunities they can !
Link in Bio ! www.faytexsanitary.com #menstruation #ghana #menstrualhygienemanagement #mhm #girlsmatter #empowerment #accra #kumasi #pads
International Day of a Girl Child The past few times that I have written on my blog, I started with the words: …. Its been a while that I have posted but I am going to take it up again… and I failed. So this time around I am not going to begin like that. I dont even remember how I was sometimes able to post daily such long articles…With age I must have gotten slower (laughing to myself right now) I actually waited to this date specifically to announce the new title of my blog that better reflects the work I do today. Today it is International Day of a Girl Child and the company I am currently consulting for empowers young girls. Hence the choice to publish a revamp specifically today! Three years ago I started with the blog microfinancemasala. It covered my work as a microfinance branch manager and expert (volunteer) trips to North and East Africa relationg to microfinance, business development, labour unions and entrepreneurship. Two years in the position I left and began working independently as a financial inclusion consultant. However, financial inclusion related matters arent my only capabilities. I have plus 12 years of experience in business development for SME’s, corporation, NGO’s, INGO’s and labour unions. I consider myself a global manager with expertise in financial reporting, PR & (off)online communications, marketing, sales, staff development, governmental affairs, strategy development, community management and menstrual hygiene management. I am a professional with a purpose. In order to reflect my capacities better and the consultancy I provide I changed the name of my blog from microfinancemasala to The Inclusion Masala! This means financial inclusion, general management, corporate affairs, community management, business development and gender management. This summer I even worked as a on site general manager of Magritte Knokke Heist. A virtual reality art pop up on the beach in Belgium. My tasks covered everything from staff management, event management, adminstration, customer relations to financial reporting and so on. I will defenitely post some pictures about this later but what I have been dying to talk about is the current consultancy. Like I said professional with a purpose ! I am currently being a (consultant) corporate affairs and community manager for Fay International ltd. They are the sole producers of safe and sanitary pads in Ghana, West Africa. I emphasize the words safe here as these pads do not contain any chlorine, dioxine, plastics, rayon, laytex or other chemicals. With these pads girls arent allowing dangerous chemicals to enter their bodies and develop cancers. Due to the organic cotton in the pads, they are very friendly for tropical weather. No more itching and scratching due to the heat and laytex touching your skin. I have tried them myself and they are so soft. (You would want to wear them all the time just to feel the softness.) These pads are produced under the brand name Faytex in Accra. The factory is mostly completely made up of women and was founded by a woman. The mission of the company is to provide safe and affordable healthcare to all the regions in Ghana. Safe as their are too many dangerous foreign substitute on the market and affordable as many of the Ghanian girls cant afford pads. Period. Through their corporate social responsiblity program: Faytex finds it their duty to englighten young girls in menstrual hygiene management. There is a high level of absenteism in schools due to taboos around menstruation, improper explanations and just the fact they cant afford sanitary pads. Therefore, together with senior leadership I am developing strategies to exectute their social cause and make Faytex accessible across Ghana. One program that we are currently rolling out is the Faytex Ambassador program. This program will allow young girls to enhance their own leadership skills by teaching their peers menstrual hygiene management. As one knows from my microfinacemasala blog (articles remain available) on this blog, everytime I work on a new project I am completely devouted and passionate about it! No more posting everyday but defenitely every month. (and hopefully more) Lets celebrate this new project with me and more importantly International Day of the Girl because nations that take care of their girls will prosper! Help me empower girls! Today we stand (actually everyday) against sexual harassment, equal rights for girls, proper menstrual hygiene management, education and bringing girls on top! I Quote: “If girls are empowered as much as boys in technology - we can make a lot of progress”!@unwomen P.S: picture of myself (3rd child from the right with the white sweater & white scrunchy) in 2nd grade at the all girl school - Onze Lieve Vrouw Presentatie in Boom, Belgium. Now the town of Tommorowland ;)
When you attend multiple events in 1 night and start collecting badges… The best quote of the night was : “Female equality in business only exists when there are as many incompetent women as men in powerful positions! Amen!! 👐🏽 #empowerment #bossladies #power #business #equality #microstart