In May we opened a stand in Jona. According to Tuareg tradition we brewed lots of strong tea sitting in our tent selling silver jewellery, presented our projects and sweat nearly us much as in the Sahara. Once in a while even a „camel“ passed by and amused us.
Beginner’s luck was on our side and the sale of the gorgeous silver and leather pieces worked out excellent. Also the interest in the projects was high and the visitors willingness to donate money was beyond our expectations.
At the end of the three days we had collected an amount of CHF 2289.- from the jewellery and the giftbox contained the amazing sum of CHF 380.-
Our reaction was a flight of fancy and we decided to give it another try. Together with Desert-Team we presented ourselves at Afro-Pfingsten and resisted to the heavy rainfalls in warm jackets, umbrellas and rubber boots on Saturday.
We produced literwise the legendary Touareg chai to keep us warm. But the sale of jewellery was not that spectacular this time. People were not really keen on taking a look at our beautiful silverpieces while rain was running down their neck! Anyway our moods were sunny, we tightened our contacts and laughed a lot. The sale’s profit made CHF 689.- and CHF 16.- ended in the gift’s box.
Our supreme efforts (swollen feet, bellies filled with too much tea, husky voices and 85 hours of presence altogether) allowed to finance the donkeycart for the women, the fence of the garden and the concrete work of the well. In addition we bought tables and chairs for the office in Arlit.
After all the great effort for ENMIGRAW was worth doing it and we already think over where we’ll put our tent next.
Just let’s do it!