Curio & Craftmaking.
Alex Ndipo (extreme left in photo), a local carver and supporter of widows’ & orphans’ groups in nearby Nkhata Bay, recently approached me with a view to setting up a similar group in our Ngala village. With the support of the local Senior Group Village Headman Kamkondo, we would find accommodation for a craftmaking group recruited from local widowed women with no other means of support. Their products would be sold through the various tourist outlets to which Alex has access, bringing back the proceeds for these women to improve their standard of living. It’s in its infancy, this project, but my role, through MEL, will be to support with ideas, my own skills, and materials I’ll source in the UK whilst there. It may become possible to extend the benefits of this to other members of the community. Volunteers interested in bringing their own skills to this project or donors wishing to contribute towards buying beads, jewellery items (earring hooks and the like)... please contact me! CAH
