It has been exciting these past few weeks to see things moving ahead with the Upendo wa Mama workshop! After much discussion and several visits of measuring and budgeting, a carpenter custom made a large table, sewing table and kitchen cupboard for us and they are perfect!
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| Sewing Table |
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| Mama Faith and Fatuma delighted with the new additions! |
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Kitchen cupboard
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| With Mama Laurensia's twins, Esther and Elisha |
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| A Beautiful Mess! (we haven't got chairs yet ... but they are less essential!) |
In the midst of all the beekeeping, we have had a busy hive of activity in the mamas group too! It was a bit of last minute rush a few days after I arrived back from Malawi and two days before Julian arrived to get everything together for selling at the Isamilo School Fair, but we did it! Adding to our range of beeswax products, we have started making Mamas BeeWraps, a brilliant natural alternative to plastic wrap for food storage! We have made in three sizes, using local kitenge fabrics and pure local beeswax.
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| Mamas BeewWraps |
The women did really well selling at the Fair and also sold a variety of their beeswax products to Bees Abroad UK. They were so thrilled with their results and we are all so encouraged with the progress being made in the group! Here are a few colourful photos of their hard work on display and sale!
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| Faith, Penina, Monika and Jeni |
It all looks so beautiful...I'd love to sell it here for them too. Hope it raises lots of money and these precious mamas spirits too. Love from the Braithwaites. xxxx
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