IMPACT REPORT
77% Women
69% of participants contributed to all or part or of the school fees during the orde
100% were confident and proud of their work
22% of participants were able to invest their earnings in livestock, housing and business
Materials used
Seed beads
East African cotton canvas
Maasai shuka fabric
East African farmed leather
Fact File
During this order, a drought in Kenya drove up food prices and put financial pressure on the artsians. Their regular income was subsidised by this order.
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ARTISAN TESTIMONIALS
“I am 32 years old and a mother of four. I enjoyed working on United Arrows beadwork. I was very happy to receive training and income from the order. I used the income to pay school fees for my children and to provide healthy meals for my family.”
Margaret Kereya
“I am 30 years old and a mother of five. The United Arrows order gave me an opportunity to work in a period when we were almost starving because of the dry spell we were experiencing. My husband had moved with the cattle and so I had to look for what to feed on with my children. I used my income to provide meals to my family.”
Makena Memusi
“I am 23 years old, a student at a local public university studying art and theatre. I am a Maasai where cultural norms and practices indicate that beadwork is strictly a womens activity. However, I joined them for United Arrows order because I need to pay my school fees without having to sell animals. I was not wrong, as the work helped me raise enough money which I used to pay for my tuition fees and some for pocket money. Even after university I will continue to do beadwork since I have discovered it pays well.”
Isaac Manoi
