Two regions, two projects, two product categories

The founding project is located in the remote Maasai region near Lake Natron in Naiborgosso, northern Tanzania. It was launched in April 2019 by nine project participants, the coordinator and Sara Schälchli. In the sheltered setting of our project house, the women's empowerment project offers 27 women a secure and fairly paid job. Playful and elegant products made entirely by hand are created from glass beads, wire, thread and recycled materials.

Our follow-up project is a tailoring school for socially disadvantaged young women near the city of Arusha. The 10-month programme offers young women high-quality tailoring training. In addition to manual skills, they are also trained in economics, family planning and practical life skills. From the second semester onwards, the students deepen their knowledge by sewing colourful fabric goods, which the association offers for sale. This earns them their first salary, which, together with the gift of a sewing machine, should make it easier for them to start working independently.