{from Julie}

In the past couple of weeks, Mercy and I have had the chance to visit the International School of Uganda.  The only thing we love more than getting up at 5:45am is getting to hang out with a bunch of fourth graders to talk about Sseko!  The fourth grade classes at ISU are currently doing a 6-week unit on businesses and the marketplace.  The central idea is: business arise and evolve to meet the needs for the community.  As employees of a small (but rapidly growing!) company here in Uganda, we were thrilled to talk about our experience.  The group had tons of questions ranging from market surveys to finance/ accounting to why don’t we make a sandal for boys.  We thoroughly enjoyed the interactive discussion about things that work, things that don’t work, and what we’ve learned along the way.  After leaving, Mercy and I both commented on the students’ eagerness to learn.  Any worry we had about boring the students or running out of things to say was quickly forgotten.  Shortly after our first visit, we went back to take some pictures with the young women of the class donning our product.  And here they are!  Thanks to the fourth graders of ISU for welcoming us and being enthusiastic with us about our company!