Pomelo is in good hands and the Board wishes to thank its staff and producer groups for their great work, and the community for its ongoing support.”
Ms Storaas, Ms Ortiz and Ms Kroeber have no legal claims to the Pomelo store, the products in the shop or the money that had been accumulated.
Because Pomelo was always registered as a souvenir shop under Daw Thea Thea’s name, they have been advised by legal counsel to give up on Pomelo and start over with a different business.
Ms Storaas, who says she never took a salary from Pomelo and did not get back the US$6000 she originally invested, said that K119 million ($95,967) is now under the control of PCL.
But she insists that the “services, the ideas, the designs, the support and the training provided by the Pomelo team are no longer part of the shop” that is run by PCL.