Still on the Journey

VISITING  WOMEN GROUP MAKING BASKET 17/09/2012

This group was been founded by widow women ,women who  are positive and the reason for the group was to help  themselves getting food ,school fees for there kids and orphans from the profit they  make from  selling the baskets,  so they make baskets by using plastic bags and they sell them .but were not able to see the work since the day were we went to see them they were been called by the city council  so we met them at city council and told us about there group.

 The visit of Mitumba art project and Glass 18/09/2012

This was when we went to place where they using the second hand clothes to make new clothes ,like dresses , pillow case ,bags and bags the bottles  to decorate they are  using bids and paints they are  and  also  the have  second hand wedding  dresses where by they add more  decoration in them and it seem a good business  in Nairobi . so recycling second hand to new things .For kcc this be good business as well since we are receiving second hand clothes  as well as trying new things and being more creative.

After mitumba art project ,we visited another place where by they are recycle ring glasses bottles  so they collect bottle of soda, wine beer and wines to make glasses for water, juice or even wine glasses. The have real good designed glasses and sell the fro different  big hotels  and it seems to be a good business to them. They are working voluntary and the profit they get  they provide the money to the homeless shelters by buying food  for them and supporting they are education.

After the visit of Mitumba art project  and glasses recycle ring we were been given money to go at mitumba market and by anything we want and try thing what are we going to make by using mitumba to be creative at creative  session and being able to create something by using those  mitumba.

Actually every one was confused on what are we going to make and specially sewing by using our on hands it was totally crazy and amazing everyone come up with something. So I  realized  that everyone is born  creative and an  artist

One of the bag mad by using second hand trouser with khanga.

MITUMBA PROJECT AT THE PLATFORM 19/09/2012-21/09/2012

It was when we started to make the mitumba into new designed it  was a big challenge to think on what are you going to make especial when you think that their will be an exhibitions  for what we are going to sew but all in all every body come of something amazing it took us for three days to make things and did sewing by using hands  needle and sewing by using our own hands and lastly we made it and we had an exhibition on a third day evening .It was un believable  for everyone of us.