{"id":41641,"date":"2024-01-01T07:28:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T07:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adra.org\/?p=41641"},"modified":"2026-02-12T03:49:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T03:49:02","slug":"a-promising-soap-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/a-promising-soap-business","title":{"rendered":"Ein vielversprechendes Seifengesch\u00e4ft"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sitrakiniaina Bertinah Fazila, known as Fazila, 22, lives with her parents in the small village of Amboanjo, about 30 km from the main District of Manakara, on the east coast of Madagascar. In this village, young people like Fazila live without prospects and with little hope for employment. Fazila makes a living by selling small snacks, but earns meager profits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When the FIOVANA project arrived in Fazilla\u2019s village, it was the start of a new life for her. Fazilla joined two associations created by the project: the Youth Platform, and the Saving and Loans Association (SLA). FIOVANA set up these associations to provide to the community members, including the young people, an opportunity to access new sources of income and to promote economic empowerment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In July 2022, FIOVANA organized trainings on different income generating activities for the young members of SLA groups, including soap manufacturing. Fazilla was identified as one of the most active members of her group and was selected to attend the training. During five days, Fazilla learned about the different methods and tools for making soap. To support Fazilla in her venture, the project also provided her with a scale and hand mixer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back to her village, Fazilla could not wait to start her activity. \u201cI decided to save the food indemnity provided during the training to buy the raw materials. I started making soaps three days after the training. I was so excited, because the first time I tried, I was already successful. I gave my neighbors the first soap I managed to make\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Today, Fazilla already has three clients: her mother, and two grocers in the village market. Once a week, each grocer orders up to one carton \u2013 36 soaps \u2013 which costs about $8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne day, I will have a big workshop that I will call Fazila Soapery. My products will have nice packaging, and I will use professional materials\u201d, she said. Fazilla\u2019s soap is much appreciated by her clients. \u201cThis is of good quality. It foams well and it lasts. It can also be used to wash the face, and to bath. One is enough to wash one bucket of clothes. It is cheaper than the other types, yet these are of lower quality\u201d, said one of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to the soap business, Fazilla starts to see the benefits in her life. \u201cWith the profit, I could buy a smartphone, and three chickens to start a second activity. Fiovana \u2013 meaning change in Malagasy \u2013 is not just a name. It really brings change to my life,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For Fazilla, this activity not only represents an economic benefit, but also a self-fulfillment. \u201cI am proud of my business because I know many young people like me dream of having such an opportunity\u201d, she concluded.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An der Ostk\u00fcste von Madagaskar leben junge Menschen wie Fazila ohne Perspektive und mit wenig Hoffnung auf einen Arbeitsplatz.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":41643,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[785,615,44,819],"tags":[869,997,500],"class_list":["post-41641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa","category-blog","category-economic-growth","category-madagascar","tag-adra-international-project","tag-fiovana-project","tag-usaid"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41641"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43478,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41641\/revisions\/43478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adra.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}