Ask Nanima? home industry expo, Durban, was held at the Overport `Secondary School, the first one in Kwa Zulu Natal.

Ask Nanima? is Gauteng based, but due to requests from home industry entrepreneurs in Durban,  agreed to have the expo here to test the waters outside of her home base. Although It was on a much smaller scale than the previous Gauteng expos and despite the heat factor, the turn out and feedback was positive.

Home industries represented were baked goods, hot food, kitchenware, cosmetics, health/organic products, toys, home made snacks, baking, spices, pampering services, educational books, clothing, accessories and handmade arts and crafts.  There was a jumping castle and face painting for the kiddies.

The expo provided some much needed exposure to many home industry specialists in the Durban area as well local charities like the NSRI and Darul Ihsan. The expo also gave many an opportunity to declutter their homes as they could either donate or sell their “duchaaz” – unwanted items. An entire van load of old clothing, shoes and home items  were collected by Darul Ihsaan, thanks to the generosity of the community.

Excellent traffic,  parking control and security were  provided by Ahmed Vawda from Cheeky’s Security which helped greatly.

Ask Nanima? team would like thank the community for their support and assistance especially the principal Dr Omar and  Neville of Overport Secondary School for support throughout the expo. The facilities and service provided by the school were excellent.

stall 1-12

1	Aadila	Bobat	Wallart	Arts & Crafts	825827802
2	Husna	Suliman	Spices Galore	Baking & Snacks	820400030
3	Hafsah	Kajee	Sh’Zen	Beauty	847015611
4	Fadila	Norat	Simply Abayas	Clothing	823701105
5	Ameena	Randeree	Kiducate – Learning roots	education	834727865
6	Mahomed	Jooma	Mesmerize Accessories	Jewellery	836267786
7	Fahima	Abdul Aziz	Bakers Paradise	Kitchen Stuff	721173356
8	Nasreen	Ally	Nas Boutique	Mixed	718777617
9	Farhana	Essak	Fun Toys	Toys	834143986
10	Raihaan	Mahomed	Shoe Boutique	Shoes	784753034
11	Nadia	Mahomedy	Nadia M Creations	Arts & Crafts	836345786
12	Muhammad	Haffajee	Dunk Them	Baking & Snacks	722657869

Stalls 13-24

13	Zuby	Agjee	Zubedas Kitchenware	Kitchen Stuff	835742000
14	Raeesa	Bassa	Muah! Collection	Clothing	787144702
15	Asmaa	Rawat	Read and write arabic activity book	education	833967567
16	Sabera	Parak	Pins & Stuff	Jewellery	720310131
17	Raeesa	Amod	Rae’s Kitchen & Stuff	Kitchen Stuff	715275858
18	Rabia	Randeree	Ideal Gifts	Mixed	748973748
19	Zaakira	Mangera	Lady – Luxe	Shoes	764709123
20	Yunus	Karim	Fulla SA	Toys	839886554
21	Shahista	Mushtaq Kapade	Artful Arabiya	Arts & Crafts	846547860
22	Safeeya	Dasoo	Home baked goodies	Baking & Snacks	835545433
23	Hawa Bibi	Amod	Modern Nature	Beauty	713651327
24	Rookaya	Vawda	Snugbugz n Magenta	Clothing	763789663

Stall 25-36

25	Mariam	Murchie	recipe books	education	721300664
26	Shenaz	Jamal	Cazabella	Jewellery	836537868
27	Farida	Mayet	Aunty Farida’s Kitchen	Baking & Snacks	718502850
28	Cheeky Security		cheekysecurity@gmail.com
29	Rookaya	Vanker	Home crafs and stationary	Arts & Crafts	724057353
30	Aamena	Lakhi		Baking & Snacks	716791767
31	Ruqayya	Jacob	Fashion Pronto	Clothing	826892966
32	Fareeda	Chotihia	Saudah Foods	Kitchen Stuff	824246055
33	Shireen	Mansoor	Bling	Mixed	835978602
34	Fahmida	Salejee Desai	collection for operation	Arts & Crafts	737869008
35	shenaaz bhanu	Mehtar		Clothing	735454552
36	Sameera	Essack	Jumping Jacks	Toys	718678477

 

37	Humaira	Suliman Mohamed	La Rouge Organic Wax	Beauty	783773323
38	Duchaaz	Garage Sale	Donating and selling of unwanted stuff	Mixed
39	Ahmed	Padia	PC King	Madala	325337477
40	Saaima	Moola Haffejee	Sue -lemani by Saaima and Sprinkles	Mixed	842942667
41	Ameera	Mia	One4kids/1islam.co.za	education
42	Nazira	Hunter	Hunters Treats	Baking & Snacks	788627528
43	Malcolm	Manion	NSRI	Charity	837662874
44	Ahmed	Kathrada	Darul Ihsan Duchaaz	Charity
45	Hajra	Kadwa	Healthway Natural Products	Beauty	724239955
46	Fatima	Bobat	Acorn Kids Products		728030077
47	Manjra	Biryani	sold by us	Food Stand	315774774
48	Humaira	Meer	H&H Foods with Hafeeza Atcha	Food Stand	832778667
49	Niel	Moodley	Chip n Dip	Food Stand	844033669
50	F&F		Cuppa Corn	Snacks	724287032

Bachoopreneurs

 

Uwais	Bhayat
Husna	Bhayat
Maseehullah	Padia
Muhammed Ilyaas	Padia
Omar	Essack
Nafeesa Bano	Amod
Fahmeeda Bano	Amod
Zaib un Nisa	Muhammad
Ayesha Bibi	Muhammad
Hamza	Saley
Khalid	Saley
Yaseen	Jooma
Mahdiyya	Amanjee
Fatima Zahra	Shaik

if any of the bachoos have not received their cerificates please email me nanima@nanima.co.za with correct spelling and postal address. thanx

 Ask Nanima Home Industry Expo by  Hasina Gori

Kids market, garage sale and countless grannies made the Ask Nanina Home Industry Expo at the Overport Secondary School, last month, a unique event.

The  event was held for the first time in Kwa Zulu Natal on the 26th February, after the many request received by the organizers, following the two successful fair held in Gatueng last year.

The home industry expo was held by Ask Nanima, the popular online site for everything from promoting your products, sharing recipes making friends and even meeting your other half.

The aim of the fair was to showcase home industries and charities in Durban.

“Our main focus is to find those breadwinner type nanimas, especially those similar to my own nanima who are working to educate their kids. In Durban for the first time, I feel we have achieved this goal.”, Nanima explained.

The Bachoopreneurs market which gave children a chance to sell their products added a cuteness factor to the expo. Two proud young sales kids, were Husna,6, and Uwais Bhayat, 4, ran a stall called Incredible Kids. They sold all the things that make children’s hearts skip a beat, crayons, Barbies, Maisto cars and games. According to mum, Salma Bhayat “the kids thoroughly enjoyed the event” and also learnt the value of money.

After a day of sales, Husna had this to say, “it was so nice to sell all our stuff but its hard work making money.”

A novel idea introduced was the Duchaaz drop off campaign.  Nanima explained “this (campaign) encourage people to declutter their homes from all unwanted stuff and donate to a worthy cause.”

In Durban a van load “duchaaz” were donated to Darul Ihsan.

According to organizers, “There were over 100 applications but to ensure that the event was unique and home industry based, around 50 exhibitors and over 10 “bachoopreneurs”  (kiddie entrepreneurs) were chosen. ”

The public was also given chance to nominate stalls to a worthy home industry that required exposure. The nominated nanimas where given a stall free of charge.

Despite the unforgiving February heat, which no one warned the Gauteng visitors of, the expo attracted many. The curious came to put a face to the “granny” and her family, Madala, Bachoo and Poiroo, behind the page and others to stock up on the goodies advertised daily on the page.

Ask Nanima is portal that aims to  connect home industry entrepreneurs to potential users of those products and services on offer.

written by: Hasina Gori 

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