Opuk Ja Kinda, a women's cooperative in the Kajulu region of Kisumu, Kenya, is comprised of women that are unskilled housewives with poor literacy levels, widows, single parents and orphaned youth.
The cooperative was created to provide an opportunity for the women who are economically and socially disenfranchised, to create viable and sustainable sources of income for personal and communal development.
Held at the Abila Creative Arts center, Voices sponsors capacity building trainings in crafts and jewelry making. As a result from the efforts and creativity of the cooperative, the women have generated a profit through the selling of their jewelry, enabling them to enroll a group of vulnerable and orphaned children in school.
This is a great accomplishment! And there is more to come!
Above are photos of some of the children enrolled in school!!
If you would like to purchase jewelry or make a contribution towards Opuk Ja Kinda please visit: www.voicesforumoja.com for more information.
No comments:
Post a Comment