Gloria’s business has expanded!
April 2nd, 2009 Posted by Catherine Neill
Gloria Uwizera, Peace through Business® 2008 graduate and owner of GLO CREATIONS sent photos of her new endeavor.
She reports:
I would like to share some news with you. For the first news: After my return from the US, I thought of making cushion covers but It took me some time to prepare the designs for it. The first cushion covers were released in mid-October last year. Since that time, the cushion covers were selling better than t-shirts. This year the demand for a variety of sizes is there. As well as adding sizes, I have a lot to improve on the uniqueness, color and quality of the cushion covers. In order to make all the sizes for a big quantity, I will have to get a very good sewing machine and a specialized tailor. In the meantime I am working with some individual tailors.
The second news is that I and some partners opened a shop within the city of Kigali in mid February. We spent all the month of February setting up things till the beginning of March.
I have two female partners and a male partner, they are in the handcrafts sector. Our shop’s name is “AFRICAN GIFT CORNER ” and I was appointed to manage the shop.
This month of April, I am hoping to start making table cloths which should match with the cushion covers.
Since the beginning of this year, the sales have been decreasing and our production has been affected by this decrease but I hope things will get much well.
I would say; what we have learned from the training, it’s really helping. I have been working on the networking part and on the products expansion part which is not always an easy part.
I will stay in touch.
April 30th, 2009 at 9:36 am
Gloria this is amazing work and very encouraging!!i have a great passion for Entreprenuership and more so in Rwanda..an=m doing my degree in Entreprenuership and Small Business Management. in Uganda but i have a great vision for Rwanda, my desire is that more people’s eyes will be opened so that we become Job creators rather than Job seekers.
All the best.
Ann
May 21st, 2009 at 9:59 am
A week or two ago I came across your website and have been reading along slowly. I thought I would write my opening comment. Im not sure what to write except that I have loved perusing. Nice site. I shall continue coming to this blog now and again. I have also taken your RSS feed for any updates.
May 21st, 2009 at 12:02 pm
We are glad you are following our site. Visit often. We have new video coming up and our activities in August will fill the pages with stories of these amazing women in both Rwanda & Afghanistan. Thanks for commenting!
June 18th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Thanks so much for stopping by — keep on visiting us! Much more exciting content to come…
June 21st, 2009 at 7:06 am
Hello Gloria!
I love your product. Please let me know how I can help. I am a former fashion design educator. I’ve always thought African home products would be a hit. There is certainly a market for your product. I will send you the site of an African American company that has been doing the same.
Keep in touch!
Marion
November 7th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Gloria,
Congratulations! Where is “African Gift Corner” located?
Soni
Kigali