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Bicycle Barbers |
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Bicycle Barbers is an innovative program created by local youth and GAA in Arusha, Tanzania. While the main goal of the program is to provide at-risk youth with vocational skill, and ultimately to help them move into the formal sector of the economy, the program also brings a much-needed service to numerous primary and secondary schools in the area. Frequent haircuts help curtail the all too common problem of lice among school-age children. Haircuts usually cost about 200 Tanzania shillings (less than 20 cents in US currency).
Youth in the program pool their earnings to pay for local barber shop space and administrative costs. The remaining amount is divided among the barbers, who are counseled to save 15% of their earnings to put toward independent business ventures in the future. GAA is working closely with the youth in the program to triple their daily earnings by the end of 2007. Given the initial success of the Bicycle Barbers and the high return on investment it provides, GAA plans to expand the program significantly by the end of 2007.
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