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Kajiado County Admin November 6, 2023

Capacity-Building Training Program For Women beaders in Kajiado South Sub-County.

Kajiado County Government’s Department of Gender,Co-operatives,Culture,Tourism and Wildlife, in collaboration with World Wildlife Fund(WWF) and the Ushanga Kenya Initiative, has ended their capacity-building training program for 50 women beaders in Kajiado South Sub-County.

This empowerment is aimed at transforming their traditional art into marketable commodities, thus yielding significant economic and social benefits.

This initiative’s strategy is centered on:
• Enhancing the business and production capabilities of women
• Organizing them into cooperative groups
• Providing essential production infrastructure
• Facilitating competitive access to local, regional, and international markets.

The culmination of this endeavor is the one-week Training of Trainers (TOT) workshop.

During this intensive program, the 50 women participants will;
• Acquire a diverse skill set, including proficiency in various bead styles.
• Adoption of new designs
• Efficient use of beading tools, leather crafting, experimentation with color combinations, and the mastery of high-quality finishing.
The overall objective is to equip these women with the ability to produce top-quality products and empower them to disseminate their acquired expertise to other women’s groups.

The workshop is a joint activity supported by IWT-CF (five groups) and BMZ II (six group ranches) in Kajiado South.