Amayi Titukuke Project- ATP

"Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember. Involve me and I will learn" B. Franklin

With the ever-growing demographics in Africa, there is a serious need for job creation and inclusion. A lot of rural girls and women who do not acquire proper education and skills are left behind in developmental opportunities and because of unemployment and co-dependency, they are at risk of GBV, sexual exploitation, HIV, child marriages and more.

From July 2022 to August 2023, the training involved unlearning old narratives, and developing the mindset of an empowered woman, how to use tailoring machines to make clothes and other items for commercial purposes and lastly, we taught them how to make upcycled handcraft items including door mats, hussle bags and more. This supports the zero waste circular fashion principle.

On 31st July 2023 we finally came to the finish line of our project and the women were presented with participation certificates. Community leaders were present to witness the amazing occasion and we successfully closed together.

This project was supported by the community leaders, their families and other community members. We implemented the project in partnership with the US department of state.

Congratulations to all beneficiaries. Thank you to all of our partners and we wish the women the very best as we continue to work together for economic development.

Economic freedom for women is a form of independence!

At ATP, we strongly believe that economic freedom for women is a form of independence from oppressive behaviours including GBV, gender inequalities and more. An empowered woman has a voice and the confidence to protect herself and make her own choices concerning her body and in other aspects of her life. For that reason, we believe in training women to shift their way of thinking and to develop their skills in order to become economically independent.

Throughout the project, we trained the women on how to develop a resilient business mindset and eventually we developed their creative skills by training them how to use manual tailoring machines to make clothes and other items and how to use their hands to make handcrafted decorative items inclusing door step mats, kids dolls and they are now learning how to make ladies handbags.

These items will be sold out at the markets and the funds will be used to sustain and to grow their businesses.

Did you know that one of the main means of transportation in villages surrounding Ntaja, Machinga are bicycles? these are also used by women to go around taking care of their families and running different errands. We discovered this during theone year we have been implementing the Amayi Titukuke Project within the area.