00:00If I had to do it again, it's obvious that I would go into the artisanal sector.
00:06Because in Burkina Faso, the artisanal sector is very, very important.
00:10We have a lot of things to value.
00:22I made the choice to start a business because I am aware of the world of Burkina Faso's employment.
00:29After my degree, I had to do internships and contracts, so it was a bit complicated for me.
00:35So I had to try to create a small income-generating activity.
00:40As I am passionate about the artisanal sector,
00:43that's why I started to value Burkina Faso's artisanal sector through wooden dishes and wooden earrings.
00:59I chose to transform wood because I noticed that wood is a natural material.
01:09And I saw that people leave wood everywhere, in nature.
01:15And the dead wood, in a way, can cause a fire.
01:20Instead of leaving the wood in nature, degrading our nature,
01:24we simply take care of the wood to give it a second life.
01:29Often, I sit down and I have ideas in my head, model ideas.
01:34So I simply take my pen and a sheet of paper, and I try to draw with the different dimensions.
01:43And I send it to the artisans.
01:45They see if they have any problems with the images.
01:49They contact me for more details.
01:51I give them the details so that they can make these articles.
01:54In the beginning, people said that it was the bosses who paid for it with the whites.
02:03But she didn't give up.
02:05She kept going.
02:07And from time to time, it came out.
02:09Often, it didn't come out.
02:11She's a fighter.
02:13So that motivated me.
02:15Like she said, she's a sister too.
02:17Look, she's a big sister.
02:19Since 2022, I've known the articles of the Marvel of Wood on social media.
02:25And I contacted them at the same time to look for me.
02:29And when I took it, I really appreciated it.
02:31Before, I had taken some articles elsewhere.
02:35But it wasn't resistant.
02:37And when I saw these articles, I said, wow, it was resistant.
02:41My main clients are restaurateurs and private individuals.
02:49All the people interested in original dishes, very aesthetic, that enhance meals.
02:59All these people contact me to make purchases.
03:03The beginning was really, really difficult.
03:05It was very, very complicated.
03:07When I started, several people told me that wooden dishes were intended for rich people, for whites.
03:17They neglected it.
03:19I tried to explain to them, to show them the advantages of wooden dishes.
03:23But well, they still neglected it.
03:25But I kept going, I kept fighting.
03:29Until now, it's going a little bit.
03:31They're changing their mentality a little bit, accepting the dishes.
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