Welcome New Member, Michele Ambara – M&M Events Inspiration
I am delighted to welcome Michele, to the SMBN; here is a little about Michele:
‘I am a single mother of two children, and I am self-employed.
Before I tell you about what I do now, I’ll tell you a bit about my background: I came to England in 2009 to join my partner and after living in France for 25 years, I had to start all over again because everything was new to me, the culture, the language, the way of life. I learned English and went back to university while raising my two children. French being my mother tongue, I have been tutoring students until 2018 while working as an event coordinator.
After losing my job in the events sector at the beginning of the pandemic, I tried to find work again, but I encountered several difficulties. It was not easy in a very competitive and demanding world of work; my solution was to be self-employed.
Encouraged by my children who saw what I could do, I created my company “M&M Events Inspiration” and besides that, I contribute to the development of a range of products based on natural ingredients (cocoa butter, shea butter, jojoba oil, etc).
In addition, I support a charity “Club Naim Widows and Orphans” in the Republic of Congo (Africa) where I am originally from, with whom I collaborate on various projects such as building houses for widows, providing school supplies for children, etc. We continue to work on several projects that are close to my heart.’
As a member of the SMBN Michele is no longer fighting solo! We meet monthly (nationally) on zoom, include members’ in the quarterly magazine for added PR, offer a closed locked down FB community, unlimited 1-1’s and many other member benefits.
Thank you Michele for joining the SMBN, thank you for helping us to showcase yet another single parent working hard to make work work despite barriers that exist.
AND – Michele is also our FIRST member since we pledged to donate to the Trillion Trees ReForest Fund! Must do that now!…
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