• 21/01/2023
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From Ostrava to Africa.She changed her life at forty, today in Angola fulfills dreams<

Picture: Like from a fairy tale.Paraglider of Adamov took pictures of the beauty of the fridge and surroundings

"I felt I needed a change.There was more that worried me.Solve problems in the relationship, the girls no longer needed me, nor did I enjoy my job.But new opportunities in Ostrava did not offer much, so I accepted work in Prague, ”describes the beginnings of her new life, but she had no idea at that time.

Prague and a new beginning

“I thought first that my husband may need to rest a little, relax and see if we should stay together or not.So first I just shouted between Prague and Ostrava.But then I realized that in Ostrava except girls, and they were already in the years when they needed to start living their lives without their parents.So I stayed in Prague and divorced, ”sums up the difficult period, saying that at that time she had no idea how a vigorous change in life eventually awaits her.

Vladan GomesAdolfo.Source: With the permission of Vladany G.Adolfo

She recognized her second husband Eurica in Prague.When he talked about his home, Angola Luanda, without he knowing it, he raised an increasingly curiosity and desire to get to know the country in an action native of Ostrava.

“It was me who suggested after about a year and a half to move to him home.He hesitated and did not want.Lived here for 12 years.But his family also helped me with his persuasion.They also wanted us to come back.Well, we've been here for five years, ”smiles Vlady.At the same time, however, she admits that not everyone in her neighborhood has taken her decision with enthusiasm, yet she does not regret it.

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"I didn't decide from day to day - so we fly away.We have long discussed it with daughters with whom we have a beautiful relationship and I felt their great support from them even then.The hardest thing was for ours, I am their only child, Angola did not know much at the time.Certainly the decision was not easy, "recalls.

Angola dream

At the same time she admits that she did not go to Angoly with too much knowledge.She felt mainly a feeling of happiness to visit the continent she had already dreamed of as a child.The husband's description summed up the native country by saying, "I guess you will be there a lot and everyone will be there black."

"We live in the province of Luanda, right in the capital Luanda.This is similar to the Moravian -Silesian Region and the regional city is Ostrava.With the fact that Luanda is the capital of the state, something like Prague.It has about seven million inhabitants, but only a handful of inhabitants is really originally from Luanda.The husband and his family come from Uíge, "explains Vlady.

From the province of Luanda:

It was from her husband's family that she was very worried and fear.From how they accept it.As they deal with the fact that the white European is divorced and has two adult daughters.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Angola is currently considered a politically stable country with the third largest economy of Sub -Saharan Africa.The population in 2020 was more than 31 miles., the capital of the state is Luanda with 6.9 miles.Resident.Other important cities are Lubango (1.01 miles.inhabit.), Huambo (0.9 miles.inhabit.), Lobobito (0.73 miles.inhabit.), Benguel (0.47 miles.inhabit.).The official language is Portuguese here. Většinainhabitatelstva (80 %) se hlásí ke křesťanství.President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço (since 2017).Source: Businessinfo.cz

"They reacted amazingly, positively, helpful, very pleasantly and of course, naturally.Well and then I fell into it on my head.Here are huge class differences, there are people who live very poor, but there is also the middle class, which belongs to us and my husband's family.And then, of course, the very rich ones here are, as everywhere, ”he explains, saying that she did not perceive these things at the beginning.

"It was all terribly fast, we were in one round.Immediately after our arrival in Angola, we started to solve the establishment of the company, had a wedding, built our housing, and we had an open business within three months, ”says Vlady, adding in one breath:“ I perceived everything positively, I was happy that I finally inAfrica.I had the feeling that I belong here.Therefore, I probably did not scare me here, not shocked, just everything was nice and pleasant.But without the support of her husband's family, it would not be so easy.They really helped us a lot."

Source: With the permission of Vladany G.Adolfo

Charme Natura

Vladan and her husband started in Angola Manufacture production of their own natural cosmetics under the Charme Natura brand.They also opened a shop in the luxury district of Luanda, where it offers a variety of products - soaps, shampoos, creams and other body products, hair, etc. but also candles and various accessories.

"There is a great interest in natural cosmetics in Angola.The most popular are our acne products, which Angoles suffer a lot, and then hair oils, "says an enterprising native of Ostrava, saying that they focus mainly on the Angola market, but sometimes exports products to the surrounding countries of South Africa and consider addressing and addressingCzech customers.

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"I have already experimented in Prague with herbs and tried to produce soaps.I also wanted to help my husband with his problem skin, Czech water did not suit him at all.My original education is agricultural, I studied botany, Eurico literally lives, so it all actually fits together from the beginning, ”Vladana describes further.

Source: With the permission of Vladany G.Adolfo

Like any entrepreneur, they encounter different obstacles: “The most complex thing?Probably import materials from abroad.Almost everything we had to import from the Czech or South Africa at first at first.Payments for invoice for goods are equally complicated.My husband has to go to Namibia, pay and then we wait for the goods to send us, and it may take a month, ”he comments.

Again, however, every obstacle in her case seemed to open the door with a new fate.

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“By being so complicated, we try to be as self -sufficient as possible in business.Now we have our own press for the production of vegetable oils, I discover local angol herbs and gradually approach our vision to produce most of the ingredients for our products, ”comments on the fight against Angola Business Business Business.

Plans with a farm

They grow a lot of products on their own farm, where they are planning to move from the suburbs of the capital Luanda where they live now.Currently they grow cocoa from which they press their own cocoa oil and produce cocoa butter.And also coffee.

Source: With the permission of Vladany G.Adolfo

“We plan to try to import both into the Czech Republic, maybe even set up a small chocolate factory.It is great for local production that we can support Angola farmers and small entrepreneurs.We are already buying seeds directly from the locals and planning to cooperate with a businesswoman, which will produce gift boxes from the grass.We have been importing them from the Czech Republic so far, ”says other plans..And does not exclude the range in the future by borne bodies such as sesame, coconut-stem flour or baobab powder.

Vladan GomesAdolfo.Source: With the permission of Vladany G.Adolfo

“I tried to produce mango powder, which is perfectly suited to yoghurt or smoothies.In December, during the season, when manga matures, there are countless of them and almost do not use, which is a terrible pity.I also experiment with the production of protective cream for albinos.Local associations associating people with albinism addressed me with the fact that the market is not available for skin protection products.Albins very often face skin problems due to melanin formation disorder, "says Vladana.

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According to her, the otherwise routine life in Luanda from life in Bohemia is not so different.“We do not suffer from hunger, there are also drinking water and flush toilets, we have electricity and the Internet.In short, Africa is not just about poor villages or luxury hotel resorts.People from the middle class live here nice lives like everywhere else.Of course there are places where they prefer not to go, because there is crime higher, but again such places can be found everywhere.Otherwise there are normally schools, universities and of course educated and pleasant people.For example, Angola food is completely amazing, ”explains the reasons why she decided on the country, still a lot unknown to most Czechs, write a book.

“I would like to refute a lot of prejudice that people about Africa, local and local life still have.Share your experiences and real insights, "explains at the end of our talk.

By a book against prejudice

A cover from the upcoming book.Source: with consent in.G.Adolfovladana had longed to live in Africa since childhood.Afro a café opened in Ostrava to get closer to her dream.And when she entered her life likeable Angolan Eurico, she could finally move to the black continent.Became part of an African family, started a business and had its dream adventures.What are they actually?What is it like to be a European in the African family?Fulled Dream, or African Hell?

Tak zní citace nakladatelství Alpress, které se knihu Vladany GomesAdolfo o životě v Aflice chystá vydat už letos na podzim.

"Why did I write the book? Because I'm happy.I do not consider myself a writer, I wrote it as I had it on my tongue, "says the author herself."I believe it makes sense to fulfill his dreams despite all but.The book is about all the mayors and the joy I have brought with my decision and deal with them.Maybe I just needed to "shout" from it, because I didn't think it was appropriate at that time five years ago when getting into a taxi in Prague in front of the house: people, I go to Africa, even though I wanted a lot, "adds with laugh.

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If you want to get to know life in Africa through the eyes of a native of Ostrava, who decided to radically change your life at the age of 40, watch her website www.Vladan-Gomes-Adolfo.cz or her Facebook profile Vladana G.Adolfo zde.

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