Thank you for your interest in TENGERUES – Authentic African Wrap Pants

Please take the time to watch our video explaining the purpose of our organization.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m98Gyz6rSY


We are honoured that you have chosen to support our Cooperative and experience ‘Fashion With Conscience’. TENGERUES are made in Tanzania, East Africa, in a village surrounding Arusha, where an estimated 10% of the tested population is HIV positive.



At the TENGERUES Cooperative, we strive to meet two goals:

1. To provide sustainable and fair income to uneducated women.

2. To fund the tailoring program where female AIDS orphans have access to education and training skills? Women hired as the seamstresses in our cooperative are graduates of an NGO called WAMATA. They were unable to complete education due to the strains of caring for family members affected by HIV/AIDS. During their time at WAMATA, they learned how to sew and basic English literacy skills.


The TENGERUES organization provides these women an opportunity use their skills to earn fair income for their families. We at the TENGERUES Cooperative believe in doing our part to help reach the Millennium Development Goals- particularly Goal #2 - Universal Primary Education, - that by the year 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling.


A portion from the proceeds from this sale will help fund the tailoring school that will service adolescence whose parents are affected with HIV/AIDS.

Product Samples: The beautiful fabric used to make TENGERUES is called Kitenge and produced and manufactured in Tanzania. Kitenge is 100% cotton, and fade resistant. There are hundreds of colours and designs to choose from..


Care:
TENGERUES should be washed separately in cold water and dried at a low temperature. Ironing is recommended.


Committment to Our Planet:

To help reduce our carbon footprint, the TENGERUES Cooperative has chosen to use only recyclable materials for marketing, packaging and promotion. Please help us on our mission to keep our Earth clean and healthy for future generations.