After the first part of our video updates from Togo in July, the wait is finally over! Here is part two, at last.
In my first blog about my trip to Togo, I mentioned that
visiting our microfinance partner, WAGES, was of particular interest to me
because of CARE’s long-standing relationship with the institution. However, the
main purpose of my trip was to respond to our lenders’ desire for more updates
on how their loans have impacted on the lives of the people they have supported. So I travelled to WAGES to provide the loan
officers who work with Lendwithcare some further training on how to provide updates
and more specifically how they can use film to bring these updates to life.
The training was led by professional film makers Fiona Molloy
and Nik Wood (the people that also put together our fab TV
ad!) and I have to say the loan officers really enjoyed learning the tricks
of the trade from Fiona and Nik. They
particularly enjoyed learning how shooting different kinds of footage rather
than simply zooming in and out can improve a film.
These three women had specific messages they wanted to pass
on to the Lendwithcare lenders:
2. Ama Nyabledzi – a market trader from Togo. Ama
proudly announced when we visited her at her stall that “my palm oil is the
sweetest on the market!”
3. TchallaAdjo – a grain seller from Togo. At 69-years-old Tchalla had generated
enough income from her business to build her own house, which I was lucky
enough to be shown around
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