Speaking to Radio AVG in an exclusive interview Mboob explained how she came up with the garage project, she further stated that her graduation at the Senegalese/ Japanese cooperation technical school in Dakar, she secured a job in one of the mechanical companies to enhance her skills.

According to her, after some times she decided to set up her own garage to train young girls want to be mechanics. Mrs. Mboob further revealed that she have train approximately 50 young girls since established her garage eighteen years ago.

Challenges

Commenting the challenges she opined that she at the beginning of the project she has faced all kinds, discrimination from men as well as customers who thought she would have been more productive by doing white colored jobs. Initially when people see put on my over roll, customers never trusted me I have lot of discrimination because they had this believe that this project is meant for men only. But with the latest equipment women can do this job without much difficulty Mboob lamented.

Achievements registered

Speaking on the challenges she is faced with, she said though she has survived this long, but she haven't achievement, adding that after making she was expecting the Senegalese government will allocate her a piece to enable her expand her business and have more young girls to opt the mechanical job.

Mboob lamented that it is because I am not a politician. If you are not a politician in Senegal it will be difficult for you to make it in certain areas.

She further explained that most of the young she trained had to live the job for white colored job. I train 50 young ladies since started most of left of the difficult conditions they work, imagine working under hot sun is not easy some of them do feel sick, they felt is too hectic for them this is why some decide to quit and some where got married finally left the job, Mboob explained.

According to her, she has been able to encourage her permanent and interns by paying them monthly salaries at the end of every month. She noted in normal the interns should have been paying her or government should be giving her subvention but she took it upon herself to them to keep the business moving.

Gender equality

Despite the purpose for which the garage was set up for Mboob did not stop the young men from being part the business entity. According to her, unity is power this is why she decided to bring young men on board with a view to enhance efficiency and quality of the work they do.