A simple pencil case design incorporating shweshwe, the traditional fabric of Southern Africa, was created by the women of the Garden of Skills in Malanti. The pencil cases are lined with either white or black fabric and finished with a zip … Read More
A new activity has been launched in the sewing workshop at Malanti’s ‘Garden of Skills’ in Eswatini.Designing Hope has entrusted the local seamstresses with the task of making fabric memory games, entirely by hand. Each piece of the game is … Read More
In Malanti, Eswatini, the Garden of Skills is getting ready for the arrival of spring. The women in charge of the vegetable garden are preparing the beds for the seedlings being prepared in the nursery, so that they can harvest … Read More
As it does every month, Designing Hope, with the support of The Ivory Foundation, distributed food parcels to the Piggs Peak Hospital in Eswatini. These parcels, containing fresh vegetables, oil and dried fruit, are intended for the most vulnerable HIV-positive … Read More
The five women in charge of vegetable production are currently preparing the nursery for the coming spring in southern Africa. They are working the soil, selecting the seeds and starting the first sowings. At the same time, they are continuing … Read More
To complete a set of educational games about nature, the garden and biodiversity, Designing Hope asked the women of the Garden of Skills in Eswatini to make textile memory games. One set includes printed images of fruit and vegetables; another, … Read More
The vegetable garden team set about enlarging the beds to increase their yield. The large grassy areas on either side of the rows of beds have been reduced, providing a 40% gain in cultivable area. These beds, located close to … Read More
With the support of Bon Marché Rive Gauche, the Designing Hope association has been able to finance the extension of its main building at the Garden of Skills in Malanti, to create a multi-purposeroom capable of hosting both training courses … Read More
A new training course for 8 young women is underway at the Garden of Skills sewing workshop in Malanti, Eswatini.Today, Futhi and Patricia, the center’s two trainers, will take the students step by step through the production of school uniforms.The … Read More
After just a few days’ training, the trainees in the Garden of Skills sewing workshop had the satisfaction of making their first creations using fabric scraps from the workshop.These first creations encourage them in their training, which will enable them … Read More
