Project Report
| Sep 8, 2022
Thank you our partners
By Peter Serete | Programs Coordinator
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Experienced tailors one wearing homemade mask
We the women from the Kakuma refugee camp wish to sincerely thank all our partners and donors who have stood with us for the last three years, we would like to express our sincere gratitude for your unselfish contributions to our sewing project, your continues support has been the backbone of our dream in the lives of many women in the camp. Today more than one hundred and thirty two refuges have benefited from the project, we had a break due to the just concluded elections in Kenya, we are hoping to embarked in enrolling new students for our next class, having only 20 sewing machines shared by both students and experienced tailors for income generation it has been a challenge, we are hoping in the near future to secure more machines to enable students learn while experienced tailors to focus on our bigger dream of income generating to sustain our families. We are very blessed to have you and your family, thank you again for your generous support.
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May 16, 2022
A self-reliance for refugees
By Peter Serete | Programs Coordinator
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women team of self-reliance
We at Transforming Communities for Social Change would appreciate contributions to support the sewing project of women refugees in Kakuma refugee camp.
This year women in the camp would like to establish a centre that will help train women in both Kakuma refugee camp and Kalobeyei settlement scheme. A self-reliance model for refugees that was established by UNHCR, will be complimented with our tailoring project that is helping to create a self –reliance that meets the essential need in a sustainable manner that strengthens livelihoods and resilience which reduces dependence on humanitarian aid. Women are focused in expanding there tailoring experience they getting from the sewing project to uplift their livelihood in the camp. As an organization we are reaching out to our family and friends around the world to help their dream come true. We are hoping to achieve the social and ecominic ability of refugees in the longterm.
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Jan 14, 2022
Women sewing progressive report from Kakuma refugee camp
By Peter Serete | Programs Coordinator
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Student of 2022 class of sewing
Happy new year to all that have stood with us since we wore that badge of being refugees. We wish to sincerely thank all who encouraged us to realize the strength, courage and victory that comes with that name.
You have put us closer to a world where every refugee has a safe place to live and is able to start anew, free from the threat of violence. The women remember the quotes you shared for every waking hour of the world refugee day. The twelve hours inspired us in a positive way.
Our tailoring school at the camp is growing and with tremendous enrolment of new women from different nationalities. We have officially started talks with the camp manager to allocate us with a space to build a bigger school due to high demand.
Currently the twenty sewing machines in our two training centres are not able to sustain the ballooning numbers of women who want to gain basic skills in sewing. Our two volunteer teachers have shown enthusiasm and zeal to help the refugees in the camp.
This year we have 4 South Sudanese 8 Congolese 2 Burundians and 1 Somali women who have started their six month training in Basic tailoring skills. We are looking for ways to sustain them putting in mind the students don’t pay to be trained. Our trainers depend on sales of new garments and repairing clothes. we truely hope this year will be an Industries year for refugee women.
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