A new sewing training session welcomes a new group of 8 young women from Malanti.The aim of this training is to learn the different stages of sewing: fabric preparation, tracing, cutting, overlocking, assembly and sewing of the different elements.At the … Read More
Every day, 60 children from the township of Roosboom, orphaned of father and/or mother, are welcomed at the Halfway House run by Dessigning Hope and its local partner Silethithemba. After a period of play and after-school tutoring, they then receive … Read More
Every month, the women of the Piggs Peak hospital support group get together to pack condoms.The condoms are supplied by the Ministry of Health, and are repackaged in boxes of 4, decorated with visuals and prevention messages supplied by the … Read More
Every day, the children of the women in training at the Garden of Skills are welcomed in the center’s crèche.This has been enriched with a number of early-learning games, some inspired by Montessori methods, others imagined by Designing Hope, to … Read More
Every week, the children of Roosboom take part in the upkeep of the Roosboom vegetable garden, helping the women and the center’s gardener with watering, sowing, planting and harvesting the vegetables that will end up on their plates!A daily meal … Read More
At the request of learners and trainers, a sewing certificate has been drawn up to encourage young people to participate assiduously, and to help them in their search for work in the field of textile manufacture.
Embroidery of school uniform logosThanks to the purchase of a professional embroidery machine, the women of the Malanti Garden of Skills in Eswatini now have access to new opportunities for their work. There are very few companies in the country … Read More
The youngsters at the Halfway House in Roosboom were able to try out the new game launched by the association, which completes the transgardens catalogue for educational games in all the gardens run by Designing Hope and The Ivory Foundation … Read More
The children at Roosboom enjoy playing outside on the large lawn at Halfway House after lunch, while others water the garden with the gardener of the center.
With the support of Keit, a specialist in professional workwear in France, a jacket and trousers have been designed and a pattern created to offer women an additional outlet for their sewing skills.
