Nanyuki Spinners & Weavers

Some of the largest slums in Africa are located in Nanyuki, near the base of Mt. Kenya, northwest of Nairobi. Women migrated to the area during World War II because of the large British and American military presence and many have stayed, raising their children as single parents. Because the Kenyan highlands area around Nanyuki is also a major center for sheep and wool production, the Presbyterian Church of East Africa conceived the idea of training women to spin and weave sheep's wool on handlooms and to market the rugs and blankets they created, thereby generating income for their families and learning self-sufficiency. The Nanyuki Spinners and Weavers project was started in 1977 and today over 46 women rely on their income from carding, spinning, dyeing, and weaving sheep's wool and now cotton too.

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I thank you for looking for a partner here. We were thinking we were useless but now we are no longer useless. - Venantie - Jyambere Mutegarugori, Rwanda.

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