The Women's project

The Women's Project at Masakhane Aims to transfer and increase skills and to provide the women of this settlement with possible income generating skills.

With the help of Su West from Village Power a number of women have been taking part in this programme. First of all everybody got the opportunity to learn basic hand sewing skills. wITH funds donated by ABI, Su bought 2 hand sewing machines and proceeeded to teach basic sewing skills. Mattresses and blankets, which will be used by thE creche children were completed and handed over to the creche.

With the help of the group's leader, Maria Selebogo, several women learnt how to crochet. For 5 weeks everybody crocheted simple blocks, which were used to create beautiful waistcoats and Handbags. These items will be for sale at a local gift shop called FairyNuff owned by Lauren Robers.

Su West will be developing the bussiness skills alongside their craft skills, teaching the women on this project basic bussiness skills such as costing, marketing and money management, using the expenses and sales of their products as practical examples. in this way the skills which the women will have acquired as part of this project coul be used by them to become self-employed and self-sustainable.