Meet 35yr Old Who Makes Ksh50,000 Monthly From a VERY Odd Job

To many, an odd job means living hand-to-mouth. But being faced with a terrible economy and an unstable job market, Anne Wangari has made it her business to prosper in the so called odd job affair.

Instead of acting in desperation,  she adapted, got involved and created her money making machine.

After finishing her secondary school education in 1999, she decided not to pursue her studies and joined her father who ran a business of making gravestones in Pangani.

According to The People Daily it is here that Wangari learned the ropes of the business and decided to start one of her own.

“Since I was little I would visit my father at his work station. I learned from him and also realised he made money out of his business and I knew this is what I wanted to do in future,” she reveals to the paper.

With a capital of Sh200,000which she had acquired as a loan, she moved to Nyeri town where she started Annwa memorial and last respect work in 2007.

Located at the entrance point of the town from Karatina, opposite Total petrol station, Wangari blissfully displays her work with one of the headstones bearing her photo, something many would consider a bad omen, but to her it is just a display of her work.

It is clear that this is not a job for the faint of heart or easily embarrassed.

“I cannot run away from my business though I face criticism, especially from people my age. This is work just like any other,” she tells the daily.

Interestingly enough, Wangari had tried other jobs but she did not enjoy them. She reveals that she loves managing her own business and the look on her customers face after a job well done.

Wangari is mostly busy during the months of August and December when many families hold memorials.

The 34-year -old, mother of two, reveals she gets at least Sh50,000 a month as profit.

She has since opened a branch in Nyahururu where she has employed one person while she has employed two more in the Nyeri branch.

The paper also reports that Wangari is not the only one who runs such a business in her family. Her sister runs a similar one in Sagana while two of her siblings are in Uganda and Rwanda.

Difficult times call for creative tactics but one thing is for sure from this woman’s story; there are many ways to make a living but not always the traditional suit-and-tie jobs.

Source: The People Daily

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