Wiser Young Social

Entrepreneurs

Opened on March 1st 2009

WYSEWYSE logo projected on the LCD screen

In this logo, the tree stands for Y in our name, the person with a laptop stands for S and then E at the end. W is missing because it has its own logo with the WISER organization. Visit www.wisergirls.org for more info.

Wiser Young Social Entrepreneurs was officially opened on March 1st 2009.

Eight youths between the age of 18 to 25 named Philip Juma, Vincent Odhiambo, Addah Japheth, Keziah Owino, Anne Omwaga, Selleciah Ogada, Charles Bundara and Dickens Ochiel, became the founding members of this organization through the support of WISER Executive Director; Andrew James Cunningham.

Philip and Dickens found the existing business opportunity in Muhuru-Bay and shared the idea with WISER which led to the opening of the Young Social Entrepreneurs organization.

Dickens and Philip worked with WISER as volunteers before this and that is how they became familiar with WISER.

INTRODUCTION

Sunrise photo taken from Winjo Hill in Muhuru-Bay Kenya.

By Seth Crabtree.

WYSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

We thank you so much

Learning from Nature, How does this plant manage its food against its competitors in the same field?Photo by Dickens Ochiel.

PROBLEM STATEMENT

Reasons for change;

Dickens at Senye Secondary giving an opportunity to students for learning basic computer information.Photo by; Anjali Vora Duke University

Anne showing the Region newsletter WYSE product. Photo by Dickens, WYSE

To ensure that Youths are Informed, Formed, Transformed and Reformed through their entrepreneurial skills to help them become self-employed, and to contribute to bridging the poverty gap, a dilemma facing today's world.

OUR VISION

OUR MISSIONS

To remain contributors of WISER development Financially by giving 20% of our income to support the girls education and Physically to avail ourselves for any activity that we may be asked to assist in.

Girls at work; Addah and Anne both of WYSE doing volunteer jobs at the WISER construction site, using two hands to build the first Girls school in Muhuru-Bay.Photo By Dickens, WYSE

OUR OBJECTIVES

Youths have strength and potential to reverse the problems facing our world today if they forget their color and tribal differences and work towards one healthy goal.

Tree planting day we organized at the WISER site as a way of coming together with the Duke University Students during their Visit in Kenya. 50 new trees were planted.

Photo by Dickens, WYSE

OUR GOALS

Ready to score against all odds on the ground.Photo by Dickens, WYSE

23rd of June when the new management took over, some services like Photography, Video Shooting and the DSTV had to be stopped with the following reasons.

REASONS

Video shooting had a very good market and it even provided Dickens an opportunity to go on a Helicopter with the Kenyan Ministers but due to lack of a good program and computer to Edit our coverage, we could not complete the work on time. Because of the Social part of our Business we did not want to lose our name with our customers so we had to stop until we get the right equipments to help us through this.

CHALLENGES:

These services are stopped just for some time while we work on a better way forward.

Video camera Standing at the WYSE office, one of the stopped services.Photo By; Dickens WYSE.

Photography had a good market, too, but again the challenge we faced was having a photo printer that works. We have a donated printer for photography business but we do not have its power cord.

Many people loved programs in DSTV and mostly football matches. They love this even better when they watch on LCD Projector screen, but the challenge here was that the projector could not show very clear during the day time it needed more darkness than how our Movie room is at the moment. For the above reasons the DSTV could not raise $82.20 USD for its monthly line subscription fee.

CHALLENGES: Continued

Our Canon photo printer still pending in the office because of power cable.Photo By Dickens, WYSE.

The DSTV signal behind our office building kept on hold for new plans.Photo By Dickens, WYSE.

WYSE introduced a community Library with a few books donated by the Duke University students during their visit in Muhuru-Bay.

Customer care service, an office suggestion box, and an HIV/AIDS question box were introduced as new services for our customers and for the community to know more about AIDS and improve of customer service.

We also got one volunteer, Laurence Ochieng, who is assisting in computer training, care and maintenance service.

We introduced basic computer programming to Muhuru-Bay Secondary schools at a very affordable price as part of the social benefit initiative.

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Laurence WYSE volunteer checking DELL laptop we use in the office.

WYSE MONTHLY EVALUATION REPORT.

WYSE Management Desk

EVALUATION Continued

Computer Table in the LCD room.

OUR VOWS TO THE WYSE

Charles Bundara, 20 years old, is a resident of the Muhuru-Bay community. He joined WYSE right from day one of its operation and has since then been faithful and committed to his job.We are very privileged to have a youth who will always sacrifice his time working with this small business. We owe him great thanks for keeping himself with WYSE all this time.

It’s great when you identify a problem that your community goes through and become part of the solution to that problem. I love to work with all other members because they are part of Muhuru-Bay community working to solve the community problems.Everyone is absolutely flexible and ready to help in any service or area assigned, “we can only celebrate a change peacefully if we take part in making that change”.Thanks to all our friends & donors.

WE KNOW HIM AS;

I BELIEVE THAT;

Addah Jeph, 25 years old, married mother of two beautiful children in Muhuru-Bay. She has been with the WYSE right from day one and was assistant Manager in the Month of March-June 22nd, she is a very committed and hardworking. She respects to all those who visit our offices is a great asset to the WYSE.She is a good example to other women by taking care of her family while pursuing her career at the WYSE.

People should not guess what you are good at. Your responsibility is to show people your talents. Women & Men should not stand against each other but they should be there for one another and that’s what I love in the WYSE, everybody is supportive.

I BELIEVE THAT;

WE KNOW HER AS;

OUR VOWS TO THE WSYSE

“Aunty”, that’s how they call her in the office. Selesiah Ogada is an 18-year-old girl from the Muhuru-Bay community. She is courageous, strong and shows great perseverance. She will never lose hope when a problem is persistent. Finding a solution is her way of reaching the destination. She is a star in the making!

WE KNOW HER AS;

If you can not do it today then tomorrow will not favor you in any given way. Once you are given a chance to try something, become an expert. WYSE is a centre of hope to Youths who want to excel in life. Through joint forces of young people here I now know that “life is how you make it and not what you take it to be”. Keeping an eye on the things that happen helps us build a good reputation with our Friends and Donors.

I BELIEVE THAT;

WE KNOW HIM AS;

Laurence Ochieng is a 23-years-old Muhuru-Bay resident. He always works well without supervision. He loves his work and loves people he works with. He is responsible in his way of doing things. He volunteered to work with us and he is even doing more than expected of him. He is very energetic and enthusiastic. A teacher of punctuality and respect.

Having your mind set straight on your responsibility can help you to overcome many challenges that come your way. If all youths could be sacrificing as the WYSE youths then we could have made our world a better place for ourselves and the future generation. Working at the QYSE where every individual is respected & every opinion is valuable is the best I have ever achieved.

OUR VOWS TO THE WYSEWE KNOW HER AS;

She is known as The Editor; Anne Omwaga is a 19-year-old ambitious young resident of Muhuru-Bay. From the beginning, she has always been with the WYSE, She left us for a very short period and later came back as the Editor as we call her. She has turned so many other opportunities down to be with us.She is a skilled writer with passion for her work.

I am happy when other people envy us because then it convinces me that the community appreciates our work, and we are their role models. Our great responsibility is to build bridges for the community of Muhuru with our business, and to help them understand that they

ASSIST. MANAGER;

WE KNOW HIM AS;

Soft Spoken Guy;Dickens Ochiel is a 24-year-old flexible and energetic youth. Don’t be surprised to see him everywhere and in every development project. He is very creative and connected to community issues. He is ready to do everything and is in many different organizations and groups.

MANAGER;It’s important to accept your mistake and solve a problem once and forever.We have obviously come a long way within a short period of time. Business at the WYSE is quite different now . What many don’t realize is that gender inequality is a threat to the development of our economy. Knowing this makes the people who are opposed to us become our potential customers.Thanks to all our friends!

We are enormously grateful to the WISER Executive Director; Andrew James Charles Cunningham of MUHURU-BAY, KENYA; For having been with us and for his support which has made us get this far.

We owe lots of thanks to Stephanie Thomas of HOTCHKISS SCHOOL in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, for her marvelous support and her readiness to respond to our calls.

We would like to express appreciation for the work done by the HOTCHKISS SCHOOL students in UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, the girls who visited Muhuru-Bay, you have really helped us make a difference.

We are very thankful to Seth Crabtree for spending his time with us for five good weeks helping us to launch the first Muhuru newsletter.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSWe are very much pleased to salute Dr. Sherryl Broverman of DUKE UNIVERSITY in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. We are truly grateful for her motivation and encouragement.

We thank all the WISER National and Local board for giving the Muhuru-Bay youths a chance to become part of the WISER organization.

Our special thanks goes to Dr. Rose Odhiambo of EGERTON UNIVERSITY in NAKURU, KENYA .

Thanks, also, to Courtney Hawes for her generous contribution to our business.

We also owe thanks to Caroline Whistler for her generosity and willingness to support the Youth project.

Our sincere gratitude is extended to Abhisekh Kantha for the charitable contribution to this business.

From the bottom of our hearts we owe Kimberly Jenkins a lot of thanks for the generous contribution she gave us.

We appreciate very much the friendly support from the TASIS school.

Thanks to Toni Maraviglia. She is our inspiration and example because of her hard work and determination she showed towards WISERBridge and the entire community of Muhuru-Bay.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We owe much gratitude to Emily Matthews of Duke University for her contribution and continued support towards this business.

Our vote of thanks is also directed to Rebecca Wong for the contribution she offered to make this business successful.

WYSE is also thrilled to appreciate the contribution from Deborah Turton. She made us make a step forward.

We appreciate and honor the contribution we got from Chris and Lori Cunningham. You Guys deserve more than words!

Bridget Londay is a hero and a role model to the Muhuru community. She is otherwise known as Nyawinjo because of her support to help construct the Winjo Community Dispensary.

Gillian Dolce and Erin Richling are marvelous and inspiring. We hope for much improvement and success as we work with them.

From the bottom of our hearts, we thank and acknowledge the support and friendship from Duke University. You deserve our greatest thanks!

Finally we wish to appreciate and thank the Muhuru-Bay community for the support and acceptance it has shown us throughout our five months of operation.

ACKNOLEDGEMENT

Erokamano Ahinya! (Thank You So Much!)