Wednesday, April 19, 2017

10 April 2017



Staff Meeting Minutes (April 10th)

Spiritual integration:

·Bible Study took place last week for about 3 days. Women mentioned how wanted to be with their children during these holidays but won't be possible
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·Ikimena (womens' savings group): since the women didn't get paid 2 weeks ago, they were not able to save. The person who was supposed to be lent money was affected and not happy.
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·No women were visited last week, This week, visits will be focused on Jane, Josephine, Yvonne. Yvonne's dad is in jail because he is suspected of Genocide participation. Josephine and Jane lost their family members in the Genocide.
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·Request for Mpinga: provide an update on how things are; when it seems like we are about to close or reopen.
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·PS: Staff retreat is in May 

DuHu:

·Reports for the business plans for DuHu participants will be worked on this week: evaluating their businesses, verifying if we are ready to invest in them.
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·Immaculee's business is more expensive than estimated; Jamie will be consulted regarding this to see what next step should be taken. 
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·A financial analyst assistant will be needed to ensure calculations made by Lise are correct and accurate
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·Lise applied for the BDC event on April 19th : preparing a short presentation about DuHope in case we are requested to present something is necessary.

DuHope:

·Impact Measurements for DuHope will happen in July; Jamie is working on finding someone for this for free.
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·First draft of the handbook is finished. This will be reviewed by Jamie
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·Working on how to improve the display of our products in the US : packaging etc
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·Jamie is looking for someone who can be more active regarding our products in the US
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·Updating inventory and uploading pictures of products that are not displayed on the website will be done this week
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·New outlet – Charisma; Mpinga will follow up with them regarding the contract to make sure the managers are on the same page with DuHope.
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·PS: Please apply for your leave days as soon as possible


Financial administration:

·Currently working on financial reports, profit & loss statements
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·Also working on a cash needed report: what we need for April and what we have left from March's budget. All these reports will be submitted to Jamie
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·Working on the project of having the women work as MTN agents on top of their work at DuHope

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