Meet the Makers Monday - Pauline
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Meet the Makers Monday - Pauline •
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Pauline was born in the Kipsongo slum. Kipsongo is a slum that was established in the 70s when many of the Turkana tribe fled bad conditions up in the Turkana Region of northern Kenya. The slum consists of small mud huts with no kitchens, Bathrooms or running water.
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Pauline’s Father left her mother when she was 5 years old. Life was really hard for her mother to provide food, clothes and shelter for Pauline and her siblings , she had to stop going to school and was forced to join her mother on the streets to go pick food scraps from the landfill.
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At age 15, Pauline got pregnant and the father did not acknowledge the child. The Catholic missionaries took in Pauline and the baby and gave her basic tailoring training.
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At 18 years she started looking for a job. She met many people that were only willing to give her a job if she trafficked herself to get it which she refused to do.
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She was able to join the National Youth Service which taught her many more skills and enabled her to get a job to support herself and her child. Soon after she met her husband and had 2 more children.
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She heard about #basketsandbeadskenya and immediately wanted to join. She says this is where she belongs and she is very happy and grateful to be a member of BasketsandBeads.
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She already has a lot of talent in tailoring and makes Aprons,dog bandanas, tables runner sets, dresses, skirts, pillows and anything to do with tailoring. She wants to advance her knowledge in tailoring and she joined our tailoring sponsorship program. Thanks to the funding from #rotaryoftemecula she is currently in a 9 month advanced tailoring program learning skills that will enable her to get additional work in town.
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Paulines dream is to give her children a better life in terms of education, health, living conditions, and nutrition.
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Your purchases help support women like Pauline to earn sustainable income
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#meethemakersMonday. #MeetTheMakers #FairTrade #Handmade #EmpoweringWomen.
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Pauline was born in the Kipsongo slum. Kipsongo is a slum that was established in the 70s when many of the Turkana tribe fled bad conditions up in the Turkana Region of northern Kenya. The slum consists of small mud huts with no kitchens, Bathrooms or running water.
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Pauline’s Father left her mother when she was 5 years old. Life was really hard for her mother to provide food, clothes and shelter for Pauline and her siblings , she had to stop going to school and was forced to join her mother on the streets to go pick food scraps from the landfill.
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At age 15, Pauline got pregnant and the father did not acknowledge the child. The Catholic missionaries took in Pauline and the baby and gave her basic tailoring training.
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At 18 years she started looking for a job. She met many people that were only willing to give her a job if she trafficked herself to get it which she refused to do.
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She was able to join the National Youth Service which taught her many more skills and enabled her to get a job to support herself and her child. Soon after she met her husband and had 2 more children.
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She heard about #basketsandbeadskenya and immediately wanted to join. She says this is where she belongs and she is very happy and grateful to be a member of BasketsandBeads.
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She already has a lot of talent in tailoring and makes Aprons,dog bandanas, tables runner sets, dresses, skirts, pillows and anything to do with tailoring. She wants to advance her knowledge in tailoring and she joined our tailoring sponsorship program. Thanks to the funding from #rotaryoftemecula she is currently in a 9 month advanced tailoring program learning skills that will enable her to get additional work in town.
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Paulines dream is to give her children a better life in terms of education, health, living conditions, and nutrition.
•
Your purchases help support women like Pauline to earn sustainable income
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#meethemakersMonday. #MeetTheMakers #FairTrade #Handmade #EmpoweringWomen.