A model wearing TENGERUES
The idea to bring life to TENGERUES- African Wrap Pants, has not been forgotten. Over the past year I have been working hard to make contacts, learn the basics of sewing, small business creation, marketing and freight forwarding. All in all, this year has been a definite learning curve.
I have decided that Tengerues Wrap Pants will take on the form of a cooperative out of the Tengeru Market. I hope to work closely with Alex and Silvano to hire a team of graduates from WAMATA (all teenaged AIDS orphans), to produce the pants. This process will begin once we have a bulk order. Part of the funds generated from the sale of the pants will go towards a community project we will establish to support primary education within the village. It should be noted that 10% of the citizens of the village of Tengeru have tested positive for HIV.
Pease e-mail me directly annie.bondy@sympatico.ca with ideas, suggestions or interest.
The idea for Tengeru Wrap Pants came from a pair of Asian wrap pants we bought in Tanzania in the summer of '06. The tailors there were able to replicate them using authentic Tanzanian fabric called Kitenge. They are wonderfully flattering to all figures, shapes and sizes. They are comfortable and can either be dressed up, or worn casually. The picture below shows Silvano, the head tailor of TENGERUES, hard at work in the Tengeru Market. You may read more about him in the blog entries below. I have also included a picture of how the fabrics (kitenges) are sold in the market.
Samples from the 'TENGERUES ' wrap pants collection~
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