Ann, Beatrice, Jane and Naleke with a sewing machine donated by Sierra DeWalt in January 2014
They are currently working with a Maasai farming community in Transmara District (in partnership with Dr. Kakenya Ntaiya of Kakenya’s Dream Organization), and a Kikuyu farming community in Central District, both in Kenya.
Maggie and Ellyn of S2S and Beatrice visited some of the orphans benefiting from the sale of our Magoto Gifts
They are working with the local women and girls as well as organizations in their communities, teaching women basic sewing skills and providing girls with opportunity to bead bracelets and make other products as a way to pay for school-fees and school-related expenses. The products that the participants of our programs create (Enkiteng Bags, Enkisoma Bracelets and Magoto Gifts) are then sold by Seeds to Sew on US market (see our EVENTS page to see where we will be next), and all proceeds are returned to the women and girls in the programs so that they can pay for school fees, medical care, and feed their families.
Kenya House staff from left: Sutinder and Nirpal Dhanjal, Dr. Angwenyi, Ellyn Ito and Judith Angwenyi
They have seen that with education, skills, self-esteem and an ability to generate income, women can better provide for their families. Their stature within the community changes, they are better able to control resources, influence decisions and bring about changes that have a lasting impact on their communities well being.
Visit their website to see the wonderful programs they promote
www.seedstosew.org
