Joelle a music teacher from Burley, UK visited Africa with friends from her church.
Recently another UK teacher-now retired- was in Zimbabwe visiting the area where he was a volunteer English teacher some 30 years back.
https://www.zimbabwenow.co.zw/articles/610/chris-walker-back-in-uk-after-pakati-visit
There they heard about Mucherengi Village from a church friend.
Joelle and her friends from church had the idea to help the villagers start a cottage industry that would allow women to learn sewing skills and produce reusable sanitary pads.
This was welcomed by the folk in Mucherengi who worked with Joelle to identify what was needed.
The result is a crowdfunder to help the women buy sewing machines including overlockers to make the reusable pads more durable.
The fund will also buy fabric and other items needed to make the reusable pads.
Joelle’s appeal is initially to raise £1,500 to get the project up and running. This includes:£135 for A manual sewing machine, £513 for an overlocker, £81 for sewing table and £110 for materials to make approximately 250 -300 washable sanitary pads.
You can support Joelle through her Just Giving page, she has already raised more then £600.
Source- West Leeds Dispatch
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