Women's Sewing Project in Kakuma Refugee Camp

by Transforming Community for Social Change
Women's Sewing Project in Kakuma Refugee Camp
Women's Sewing Project in Kakuma Refugee Camp
Women's Sewing Project in Kakuma Refugee Camp
Women's Sewing Project in Kakuma Refugee Camp
Women's Sewing Project in Kakuma Refugee Camp
Women's Sewing Project in Kakuma Refugee Camp
Women's Sewing Project in Kakuma Refugee Camp
Women's Sewing Project in Kakuma Refugee Camp

Project Report | Nov 22, 2019
Report:Women sewing project in Kakuma Refugee Camp

By Peter Serete | Program Manager

Refugee women at workshop.
Refugee women at workshop.

Transforming Community for Social Change (TSCS) has successfully completed two phases of the sewing project. These were Healing and Rebuilding Our Community workshop and Alternatives to Violence workshop for the twenty four participating women. TCSC is looking forward in introducing the third phase next year. The third phase will introduce sewing training and skills for the women, each of the three trainings last for a month. The sewing trainings will be led by experience seamstress Julia Msafiri* from the Congo who is a refugee at the camp. The organization is fundraising funds to buy ten sewing machines that will be used for the training. Then after the training the machines to be used by the women, organized in sewing coops for their income generating activity.

*Name used with permission.

Workshop participants in Kakuma
Workshop participants in Kakuma
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Project Leader:
Peter Serete
Kakamega , Kenya

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