#EverydayPeople: Meet the carpenter whose skill of 15 years has got him a plot of land, seen his children through school

It is not easy to start a business and be consistent for 15 years. Well, with Mr. Yaw, it is very possible.

In this episode of Everyday People, on GhanaWeb TV, Victoria Kyei Baffour speaks to Yaw, a carpenter who has been doing the job for the last 15 years.

Yaw’s ambition was to be a teacher someday

Read full articlein future after school but he tells GhanaWeb TV that due to financial struggles with his parents, he could not achieve that aim shattering his dream of becoming a teacher.

“My aim was to do something that will help me in life after school. I wanted to be a teacher but due to financial struggles, I couldn’t complete the school.”

He further tells us how he’s been able to get a plot of land from his carpentry work and as well catered for his 3 kids who are all in school.

“I have a wife with 3 kids. The first child is in senior high school whiles the second is also in JHS with the last child in class 3,” he added.

Watch Yaw share his life as a carpenter on Everyday People on GhanaWeb TV below: