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| HOOGLAND ANIMAL FEED (Alfalfa) | My idea is to have lucerne in a marketplace where there should be a full spectrum of lucerne to accommodate every possible need for the end-user |
| TSONO LEATHER CRAFT - This project was started and financially supported by Kumba Resources' Sishen Iron Ore Mine to assist one of the poorest of the poor communities in South Africa by re-introducing the traditional leather tanning and Grafting skills to the Tswana people of the Northern Cape region | The traditional Kalahari leather products are hand made from sewn and decorated South African chrome tanned full grain leather. The slippers are also made from South African materials. The inners are Merino sheepskins and the outers are Created from vegetable tanned Boer goat leathers |
| VEZOKUHLE
QUILTING PATCHWORK Quilting/Patchwork Entrepreneurial skills development project from Paballelo Township Upington, Northern Cape, South Africa.This project was started in 2002 to develop and sustain the natural talent of the previously disadvantaged people in this area. These people are mainly unemployed women and are trained in basic needlework while their natural artistic talent are fully developed. |
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five women is Charmaine May, Monique Matsila, Lidia Ramogema, Patience
Sikhosana and Gertruida Montshoa. Due to their impoverished circumstances they mainly use donated waste textiles for these unique creations. In this way an income is created as due to a lack of funding no salaries are paid. Although the project is still in its infancy, some community involvement is experienced and with the loan of a few sewing machines the project is going ahead. |