Jimba Care Project
My mother has a small non-profit organization ( Jimba Care ) thanks to which she helps children in Kenya. JIMBA CARE It was born from a trip in 2017 where my mother and 2 friends went to Kenya for the first time to visit orphanages and schools in the Watamu and Malindi area.
"It all started there. We left our hearts in Africa, with those children ( our children) who are in such need of permanent and safe structures for care, education and medical care."
The current project is the WISDOM SCHOOL in the small village of Jimba, located in the hinterland of Watamu. The school already existed, but it was a bamboo shack in precarious conditions and inaccessible during the rainy season. To date they have built 4 classrooms, new brick bathrooms, a well and solar panels to provide water and light and the fence around the campus to protect the school.
What can I do?
Talking to my mom I expressed my desire to contribute, and I asked her if she could help me find a way to help especially the women in Jimba. So I got going, and I bought some organic cotton fabric, and my mom took it to Africa during her last visit, she found some amazing women who work in a small tailoring shop and they created these beautiful clutches. Nancy, who runs the tailoring shop, is Agnes' sister (teacher at WISDOM SCHOOL)
CLUTCH "No means No" made in Kenya
Clutch that I decided to sell and donate all proceeds to Jimba Care. The association helps not only the children of Jimba but since last year they also have a class for adult women, where they learn to read, write and do sums..
These pouches will help pay for the teacher for the courses for these extraordinary women, as well as purchase necessary products, such as eyeglasses and support these women with other expenses (such as medical expenses).
Keeping this course active is important, first of all because it allows these women to have an education and greater independence, they also create a real community, small business projects are created and above all this course helps them to increase their self-esteem.
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