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Anne Friedman,
Business Development Intern
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Tricia Chirumbole,
Financial Management Intern
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Erin McIlvain ,
Marketing Intern
East Liverpool, OH
Liza Perkins,
Bookkeeping
State College, Pennsylvania
Jennifer Sage,
Product Development & IT Support
New Albany, Ohio
Mandy Sage,
Textile Designer & Business Development Intern
New Albany, Ohio
Benjamin Owsley,
Batik stamp designer
Warrenton, VA/USA]
Katie Modly,
Fair Trade Tour Planner/ Quality Control Officer
Warrenton, VA/USA]
Melanie Goggins,
Fundraiser
Manassas, Virginia
Emilie Kimball,
Product Designer & Journalist
Potomac, Maryland
Tyler Reynolds,
Business Development Intern
Potomac, Maryland
Samantha Bailey,
Marketing Consultant
Manassas, VA
Firoozeh Mofakhami,
Business Improvement Consultant
Oakton, Virginia
Annie O'Brien,
Business Intern
Vienna, VA/USA
Samantha Yoon,
Capacity Building Consultant
Bethesda, Maryland
Mary, Katherine & Lauren Panke,
Fashion Design & Product Development
Arlington, Virginia
Susan Pulongbarit,
Fair Trade Intern
Arlington, Virginia
Nick Wolf,
Photographer
Washington, D.C.
Leslie Shages,
Photographer
Washington, D.C.
Athena Maikish,
Business & Technical Consultant
Washington, D.C.
Kristy Hofkens,
Photographer
Washington, D.C.
Sharon Bollers,
Business Consultant
Washington, D.C.
Leimer Tejeda,
Project Manager
College Park, MD
Cali Lee,
Accounting/Business Analysis
Alexandria, Virginia
Tricia Chirumbole
Financial Management Intern
[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]


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Tricia and Carolyn observe as Matilda teaches a workshop they developed on bookkeeping.

Description: The women of the Global Mamas Cooperative spend a great deal of time creating high quality, fair trade products for export. In addition to these income-generating activities that directly alleviate poverty, it is also important for the women to build their business skills in order to successfully manage their growing businesses. Some women in the Cooperative were familiar with bookkeeping tactics, but had gaps in recording their financial data, while new members of the Cooperative did not have knowledge about the principles and benefits of bookkeeping.

Accomplishments: Tricia helped to kick start WIP's Capacity Building program by:
  • Creating a bookkeeping curriculum with teacher's notes, assisted in implementation of basic bookkeeping workshop for identified WIP clients.
  • Holding several bookkeeping workshops with all the members of the Global Mamas Cooperative—a refresher course for those keeping records in the past and a bookkeeping basics workshop for those learning financial management for the first time.
  • Structuring an outline for the nature and timeframe of an ongoing bookkeeping program that involves more advanced workshops.
  • Facilitating one-on-one follow up sessions with Matilda, WIP's employee being trained to oversee WIP's Capacity Building program.
  • Devising a schedule for the women to drop off their records with Matilda for review and future entry of the data into QuickBooks.
 Highlights: The most satisfying part of Tricia's stay in Ghana was becoming friends with some of the employees, volunteers, and area residents.

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