The project aimed to reduce the number of early child pregnancies in Moshi-Kilimanjaro by providing sewing entrepreneurship education. 20 girls were selected and partnered with 4 local centers for training. The project also provided healthy insurance for 6 children and school uniforms for 20 children. Adult women and men were educated on self-awareness and gender equality. 6 girls were hired by a tourism company, and 19 girls completed their training and got employed in different locations or started their own businesses. The project has made a positive impact on the lives of the participants and their communities.
A 18 years old and one of the beneficiary of the elimination of childhood pregnancy project. She left school due to lack of schools fees after her father paralyzed. Having stayed at home without any work to do. She ended up been impregnated by the one man who later escaped.
Before the project she involved herself with the cooking in the street and left before engages as house girl post in someone’s house but due to mistreatments from her boss she decided to return at her uncle’s house to perform the day to day chores. Through the radio program, she learned about us and managed to be one of the girls who had a chance.
During the project she worked hard and displayed a huge performance. Her greatest strength is the speed that she poses in sewing. She is the one who’s employed by the school in tailoring of the children cloth including uniforms. Now she has been given a permanent resident near the school having shifted home with her baby
‘’Children with educated mothers are more likely to survive than those whose mothers did not receive an education’’ how ever she recognize skills provided during the project. She stated ‘’help me I will help others’’
“I envy this second chance, I have changed a certain part of my life as of now am on journey pursuing life with my baby. I believe this is the beginning but I yet to go further; THANK YOU GS Community for opening these doors for me and others in need”
Shola, aged 20 years left the school during her Form II due to family complications and never had a chance to go back to school anymore. Instead, she was lucky enough to have herself engaged in hand tailoring which basically was performed at home dealing precise with tailoring purses.
She heard what we were doing and loved the idea as she approached us hoping we could lay a hand of guidance to what she had already begin doing . Since she seemed passionate about it we gave her a chance with others as at the end she came up with some astonishing results/performance. She had a little bit insight on the sewing part but she was more interested local cultural bags designing and her performance inspired ‘George’; the director of the program who had to connect her with the tour company after her completion of the course in the center.
Shola’s mindset and performance has utterly change from where she was to where she currently is. She reasons that, once you provide a young girl with vocational and self-education she will likely pursue those other than wasted scenarios of her been exposed to other dangers including early pregnancy.
“Nothing other appreciating what you guys have done for me. I believe there are more of other girls with the same situation like mine and if they get a chance, they can make a difference. Thank you GS Community” Shola said.
19 girls successfully completed their six month of training and got employed in different location in regard to their fields; include sewing machine shops, some local centers, tourism companies, schools while others are self-employed. One girl left the studies, while others did better on sewing the female cloth, children cloth e.g. uniform, and designed other cultural cloth and bags.
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