Barrydale Online

"The change is in your pocket" is the slogan used by The Big Issue magazine. For those of you not familiar with The Big Issue it is a social development initiative which helps put people to work (vendors purchase the magazine and sell it at a small profit). It helps people to be proud to be working rather than begging. Barrydale's own Big Issue vendor is Mowen Jansen from Smitsville. Mowen has been selling The Big Issue door to door for two years and he says that he averages sales of about 25 issues per month though he believes that there is potential for sales of 80 issues per month.

Mowen has a matric certificate but says that he decided to become a vendor because it is very difficult to find employment in Barrydale and he needs to put food on the table for his family. He has two children aged 8 and 12. In spite of the fact that it is difficult to walk door to door in the heat of summer Mowen is always positive and polite. At a cost of only R14 per issue, The Big Issue is certainly worth the change in your pocket. "Change" in more ways than one. Contact Mowen Jansen: 0715491114 to order or buy from him on his rounds.