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African Art Women's Initiatives - Meet Some Artisans
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Justine is 38 years old, a single mother of 6
children– 3 boys and 3 girls.
She earns her living by selling tomatoes and
cabbage at her room’s veranda. The room were she stays in is provided
by Serunkuma who is another group member.
Justine is skilled at making baskets, mats, and
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Nante , 54, is a
single parent of two boys, one is 18 yrs old, the other 22 years.
Nante creates large
baskets which are popularly made in central Uganda. Through AAWI, she
will learn to make the smaller baskets, and other forms of crafts.
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Margret, 25, is married with 2 sons. The eldest is
5 1/2 years of age at nursery school. Her husband is a taxi conductor.
Margret joined AAWI to learn how to do crafts.
Margret is from Kisase village.
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Jackline, age 39 is from the Kibalinga– Mubende
Village.
She is a peasant farmer, married, has 6 children.
She is an expert basket weaver.
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Hope , 32, is married and has 8 children. She
knows how to weave baskets perfectly, and is now teaching other AAWI
members.
She earns a living by selling tomatoes on the road
side near her home. Some of her children have failed to go to school
because of school fees and she was unable to buy scholastic materials.
Hope proudly presents her baskets, and AAWI is
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Serunkuma is a
widow, living with grandsons and daughters whose parents died. She is a
farmer, and gets food from her garden. She is a kind lady, and is
always good to the ladies.
She provides AAWI a
site for meeting and learning, and she usually prepares the porridge and
black tea for breakfast, and also provides lunch for the women. Liz
buys the necessities, and Serunkuma cooks.
Serunkuma is an
expert in making a variety of crafts such as sewing, weaving, basket
making, hat and bag making using palm leaves. Her challenge now is that
she now doesn’t see or hear very well.
*One of our friends, Phyllis Hurley, has donated
for Serunkuma's eye glasses.
We are now trying to help her raise funds to obtain some a hearing aids.
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Restidia, 37 is from the Kibalinga-Mubende
village.
She is a single mother with 2 children. She earns a living selling
potatoes on a highway road to Mubende. She makes baskets
as she waits for customers by the roadside.
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Grace is 30 yrs of age, and lives in the Kibalinga–
Mubende village. She is married, and has 2 children. She is a peasant
farmer who earns a a living selling some of her garden product. She is
skilled at making baskets but lacks materials. She is also learning
other crafts from the members of AAWI.
Through AAWI, Grace will obtain materials to be
able to make baskets.
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