Free uniforms to keep 10,000 students in school

Greetings,

Your kind and generous donations have been instrumental in empowering out of school girls in our community!

You remember the 5 young girls we told you about on our previous report, the ones who were to be recruited to SARE Designs? Well, they're not just learning, they're thriving! They are being empowered with valuable vocational skills in sewing and dressmaking. The girls have also been receiving comprehensive training in basic life skills, including financial literacy, personal development, digital marketing, Entrepreneurship education, teaching vital aspects of business planning, marketing personal  and customer relations. They have gotten the opportunity to put their sewing skills into practice by making school uniforms for underprivileged students which will be donated to them come January through our school uniform distribution program. We will also partner with skilled local tailors for the uniform distribution. We believe that by doing this, our program will be able to scale its impact and reach more students in rural areas of Kenya, providing them with access to education through affordable and high-quality school uniforms and menstrual hygiene supplies.

In addition, the girls have been able to learn about art and design, where they made flower vases using cement, and also made mats. The students are currently on break for the December holidays and we expect them to report back on 16th January together with 25 more students who are expected to be enrolled to the training to make a full cohort of 30 out of school girls and young women. Our primary focus is on livelihood programs for women and girls, with the ultimate goal of fostering sustainable livelihoods and therefore, at the end of the training, the participants will receive seed capital to kickstart their own ventures, empowering them to become self-sufficient and independent, earning their own income and supporting  their families and communities.

Thank you for your support - these accomplishments would not have been possible without your invaluable support and belief in our mission. Your generosity has changed lives, and we are deeply grateful for your commitment to our cause.

Happy holidays!

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• Organisation's Website

Dear supporters,

I am super excited to share our progress in setting up a SARE design tailoring shop as a sustainable solution to providing uniforms  to marginalized students in the Western Kenya communities. We have managed to finish the construction process for, we have also bought 2 electrical sewing machines, 1 manual sewing machine, an overlock machine, some basic sewing accessories (threads, needle,zips, thimbles,scissors) etc. This has been a GREAT deal to us because it has enabled us to effectively launch the shop which is now serving as a manufacturing source of high quality uniforms for these needy students within our community.

All these were courtesy of your contributions and therefore we do not take anything for granted.We have already provided 4000 students with full school uniforms so far. Our goal is to provide 10,000 students from about 30 secondary schools with school uniforms by the end of the year!We still strongly believe that every child deserves access to education, regardless of their socio-economic background. 

Also, meet Rose, our first hired tailor at the shop with the aim of providing a livelihood to a group of skilled tailors. She is so dedicated in making the uniforms throughout the year to empower the 6,000 more rural girls and boys to feel confident and comfortable in their school attire.In addition, we have partnered with local tailors for the project to be able to scale its impact and reach more students in rural areas of Kenya, providing them with access to education.We plan to recruit about 3 interns from local vocational training colleges for 3 months and 2 young women for a year who will be trained on dress making, entrepreneurship, personal development and also they will receive loans to enable them start their own businesses.

Wow! SARE designs shop might not have developed this much without your support! We hope you will join us  HERE in helping these students access education and also improving economic resilience of youths and young women by providing them with small loans, training, and encouragement to start small businesses that support their families.

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• Kindly check out more of our project impact here