Tasafa

Tasafa, a refugee from Ethiopia, saw a business opportunity, and he went for it. “In this area, a majority of us are butchers. When I arrived here, I saw the work and thought I could do it as well. I learned by watching others do it and it’s become my work too,” he told us when we visited him at home in Nairobi’s Huruma estate.

Not long after Tasafa got into the business of wholesale meat, he was doing very well for himself. Unfortunately, the pandemic halted activities at the slaughterhouse he worked out of, causing huge losses that Tasafa couldn’t recover from quickly.

RefugePoint supported Tasafa with a grant to recover his business, as well as food support for his family so that he could focus on getting the business back on track and continuing on a pathway to self-reliance. In this video, Tasafa speaks about the challenges he faced, his successes, and his future plans.