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Victorious Youth Group
We are a group of craftspeople, designers and artists who create jewelry out of old butcher bones in a small self-built workshop at the edge of Kibera, one of Africa's largest slums.
Employing 23 members full-time, Victorious trains and employs at-risk youth in bonecraft. They need support to expand and improve their worksite.
Granted the use of their land free-of-charge by the local authority, Victorious wishes to build a safe and sturdy structure with proper beams, flooring, walls and roofing to house their growing number of bone processing machines. They also need to purchase basic safety equipment such as eye and nose masks, gloves and work boots to improve their working conditions. Help them reach their target of $2500 to achieve this next phase of their growth as a unique and fully independent jewelry-making collective!
Project Updates
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Victorious lands big client through Mobile Movement »
Following the launch of the Mobile Movement website, Victorious Youth Group of Kibera had something truly exciting happen to them. Having seen the group’s profile on the site, Rose, a Kenyan married to a German and living abroad, had questions. As a Kenyan and an importer of African goods to Europe – she runs a gift shop in Germany – Rose knew that often, things reported to be made by youth in some countries were actually cheaply made by poorly paid migrant workers in other places. To answer her questions firsthand, on her most recent visit to her homeland, Rose tracked down Victorious at their workshop in Kibera… and found out they were for real! Overjoyed, Rose placed a large order for Victorious’ handcrafted bone jewelry, which she paid for on the spot and collected soon after, and promised to return in a few months for more.
The group, with their knowledge gained in small business training with EYA, sat down to discuss how to allocate the profits from this major sale. Ensuring a balanced approach, they have set aside some for savings, and are ready to invest some in themselves. The group have earmarked $750 towards the upgrading project of their workshop – and are now seeking matching funds from Mobile Movement members to complete the project. -
Victorious and high school students in Canada creating fair trade/import export business together »
Victorious and St Michael's University School (SMUS) in Victoria, British Columbia are creating a fair trade import/export pilot program together. SMUS students will import products that Victorious and some other Mobile Movement groups make and build a small business for their business education course.
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Amazing Craftsmanship »
We are working with Olia, in the USA, to create a new series of bone designs
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COMMUNITY GRANT: Help Victorious build a safe and sturdy structure with proper beams, flooring, walls and roofing to house their growing number of bone processing machines.
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