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Picture a space where women learn to create different kinds of crafts and solutions using the local waste and resources readily available within their communities. This is the kind of learning space we create in the communities we work in. In Imafon community where we have our crafts village, we have women learning how to make products like jewelry, furniture, and other crafts from bamboo. We have a skincare space where women are taught how to use cocoa pods husk and other organic materials to make soaps and other skincare products and finally, we have a fashion space where waste fabric is collected and used to create new designs. Each training period lasts for at least one year for each woman and at the end of the training program, she is supported to either get a job or start her enterprise.
Our Vocational Training is under three major umbrellas namely:
Picture a craft space where bicycles, furniture, household items, jewelry, and musical instruments are made out of bamboo and a touch of wood. This is what happens in the bamboo and carpentry village within our craft village.
Women in groups are thought how to use bamboo which is readily available in the community to make beautiful crafts. At the end of the training period, our graduates can work confidently with carpenters and craft centers where bamboo is used.
We are focusing on the use of bamboo as we know that it is a grass that can grow within 3- 5 years and can be used to replace wood. In this way, we are supporting the environment by advocating for creating sustainable alternatives instead of felling trees.
See some of our craft items below. These items are also for sale. For every item, you purchase you are supporting a rural woman.
Ondo state is one of the Southern States in Nigeria responsible for 60% of Cocoa produce in Nigeria. Cocoa Bean is the third-largest export from Nigeria after crude petroleum and petroleum gas. Even though it only represents about 2% of the nation’s exports.
Imafon and its neighboring communities are one of those communities blessed with Cocoa Plantations. Cocoa is one of the community’s means of livelihood. Where cocoa is processed and removed from the Cocoa pod husk, the pod is jettisoned and left to waste. To create another value for this waste created, we train women in groups on how to make various organic skincare products from these materials especially focusing on the different varieties of the African Black soap.
This is not a regular fashion training but one with a focus on transforming fabric waste into new products. We train the women within this space on how to creatively use fairly used materials like jeans, Ankara, or clothing that people don’t want, to create as much value as possible.
We focus on creating new designs for children. This way we are making fancy clothes available to children within rural communities at a very affordable price. We are also supporting the women to start a craft where they are also solving problems. They are also thought to use pieces of fabrics from new materials to make patches which are then transformed into wear. It does not end there, they also learn to use banner waste to make bags, purses, and other items.
It is a fashion village where no waste is created
