Huye District Carpenters share tools to improve their products

Jerome Nsengimana is a carpenter based in Huye District, he has a workshop called” La Verticale”. The lack of modern equipment is also one of their biggest challenges and a great barrier to the development of the carpentry profession. According to him, local        carpenters are able to produce very innovative products if only they can have access to the modern equipment.

This is one of the issues that are being discussed in the nucleus group and as a temporary solution; they are hiring from each other the tools and equipment whenever they need to. This allows members to increase their production as the available resources are shared in a group.

”Before joining nucleus, I used to produce ordinary products, chair, bed or table and I was not getting many clients, but with the group, I gained more knowledge on how to do better designs, with the study tours and   training, I became more innovative. I have new designs and people love them. My productions have increased and so is my turn over up to 40%. I am now able to hire 1 support staff and regularly, I hire 5 temporally people depending on the jobs I get”  He says.

Jerome testifies that being in a group has opened his mind to new possibilities, he is now thinking about expanding and creating more designs.