Featuring Pay it Forward Participant:
Johansen Kashaigili

Johansen Kashaigili lives in the village of Ishozi, just outside of Bukoba, Tanzania, on the western shores of Lake Victoria. He is married to Christa and they have one child. This couple offers spiritual and social ministries in their local area. Johansen is pastor who believes in self-sufficiency and has been struggling to establish a small business for some time.

The villagers of Ishozi survive primarily on the income from agriculture, but Johansen has been trying something different. For some time now, he has been running a hair salon, the profits of which go to support his family. The revenues are very small, but from his meager income he also manages to share some of it with three elderly people in his area.

Because Johansen and Christa care deeply about the plight of those around them, they would like to expand their business, enabling them to assist more people. Johansen plans to improve his hair cutting salon which runs on a gasoline generator and start a timber business. He will also offer phone charging services. In addition to his small saving, he plans to replace his small broken generator and add two new shaving machines.

A Pay if Forward grant of $300 could transform this young family's life and the lives of many around them.