{"id":49614,"date":"2015-12-18T15:48:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-18T20:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging24.finca.org\/uncategorized-en-gb\/meet-mama-kapu-and-her-employees"},"modified":"2024-03-01T09:39:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T14:39:39","slug":"meet-mama-kapu-and-her-employees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finca.org\/en-gb\/meet-mama-kapu-and-her-employees","title":{"rendered":"Meet Mama Kapu and Her Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/szhNwzerTQM?feature=oembed\" title=\"FINCA Empowerment: The Story of Mama Kapu\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\"  frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The loan let me become self-reliant.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>These words of Mama Kapu, a FINCA client in Tanzania, ring true for <a href=\"https:\/\/finca.org\/en-gb\/our-work\/womens-empowerment\">the millions of women entrepreneurs who have followed their dreams<\/a>, grown their businesses and improved lives, with the help of access to financial services.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Mama Kapu\u2019s journey as an entrepreneur began as a food vendor in 1999, in Tabata in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. After 12 years of supporting her two children through her business, she faced a setback. Her landlord increased her rent and she could not afford to stay at that location. She also longed to have a restaurant of her own, on her own land.<\/p>\n<p>In 2011, <a href=\"https:\/\/finca.org\/en-gb\/our-work\">with the help of a FINCA loan<\/a>, Mama Kapu\u2019s dream became a reality. She was able to purchase a small plot of land and build a restaurant on it, serving breakfast and lunch daily. Mama Kapu started with just one employee. As the business grew, she was able to hire five female employees, most who relied on Mama Kapu\u2019s business to feed, clothe and school their own children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I got a job at Mama Kapu\u2019s restaurant, I thanked God,\u201d Amina, one of Mama Kapu\u2019s employees says. \u201cI am a widow and have two children to look after. Getting a job is so difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Mama Kapu continues to help the women working with her, she is also saving funds to improve the restaurant with running water and electricity.<\/p>\n<p>Mama Kapu and her family of employees are just one example of the positive power of investing in women. 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