Andrea Roy
Montreal, Quebec
Fabulous Fundraising
"I love these earings because of their size and shape, but mostly because of the story and tradition they represent. In addition to the fact that by looking fabulous in these earrings, i am actually helping a kid out in africa."
November 2006
50 pairs of earrings are sent to Canada and the UK and distributed to Toronto, Montreal and London.
The earrings have been branded and are ready to sell. With Christmas around the corner, the earrings should sell in no time. This blog will host all the pictures of women who now know and support the Education of Turkana and other marginalized youth in Kenya.
The idea of the project:
Raise money to send Kenyan children to school. The focus is on marginalized youth, either by their socio-economic status or tribe.Campaign:Sell the traditional Turkana earrings in order to raise funds to contribute to the education of young, needy Kenyan children through TabAsaMu TruSt!TabAsaMu TruSt!TabAsaMu! (smile in Kiswahili) TruSt is a small project started in 2005 with the aim of offering more than just financial support to needy & bright Kenyans. Each child being sponsored has been selected with the help of willing friends of the trust, who offer their time & advice. You are also welcome to sponsor a child of your choice, on a yearly basis through the Trust.
HISTORY OF THE EARRINGS: These earrings, Ng’akaparaparae, originate from the drought prone Northern Kenya District of Turkana, and are worn by married women of the Turkana tribe. The colour represents “people of the mountains” and the shape symbolizes the head of a spear. By virtue of their environmental and cultural isolation from the rest of Kenya, the people of these lands have suffered a great deal, and are currently considered a marginalized indigenous group of Kenya. With your help, TabAsaMu! TruSt aims at contributing to the empowerment of these and other vulnerable people by educating their children, especially girls.
Andrea Roy
