07/05/2026
There's a pastry teacher who comes to the Geaux Foundation each week to work with the girls.
She teaches them the real thing. Not home baking, but commercial pastry. How to measure for consistency, how to time a bake, how to decorate a cake that someone would actually pay for. How to run the back of a bakery.
For young women ages 15-19 in Uganda, a skill like this matters. Baked goods sell. Good bakers get hired. Better yet, they start something of their own. A stall, a small shop, wholesale orders to a local restaurant. A pastry skill is a pathway.
The girls are taking it seriously. You can see it in the photos Ms. Betty sends. The focus, the pride when something comes out right, the way they're already talking about what they want to make next.
This is what the program is for. Not charity. Craft. The kind of skill that turns into a living.
More to come from the pastry class soon.