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;A  WORD FROM THE DIRECTORS
Beautiful  gifts made with natural products by women in the rural  community.
OUR  HISTORY
Kenana Knitters started in 1998, the primary object being  to help rural women find some much needed form of income  utilising their spinning and knitting skills. The group  buys homespun wool produced locally, then knits it into  toys, bed-covers, jerseys, socks, scarves, hats and other  fashion and sport accessories.
WHAT  MAKES US DIFFERENT?
The wool comes naturally in cream, browns and greys ...  Part of the charm of the items is the many different shades,  the same as those of the multi-coloured flocks of local  sheep! Colours are obtained from dying the wool with traditional  plants, propagated and grown in our garden so as not to  impact adversely on the environment.
OUR  STORIES
Njoro is mainly a farming area - agricultural work for  the men is easier to come by than for the women-folk,  yet agricultural wages are insufficient to support large  and extended families. This group generates two forms  of income, buying the wool, then creating more work by  turning the wool into a marketable product. The money  goes direct into the hands of the women who are thus able  to improve the quality of their lives.
Kenya  is still very much a male orientated society where the  wife and family may have little claim on a man's earnings.  A woman's lot in the rural area is a hard one - no running  water or readily available fuel for cooking; no transport  to the market place; very little access to basic medical  attention; school fees, books and uniforms to purchase  - and certainly no money left over for any small luxury.
Kenana    Knitters group enables its workers to directly benefit from    their efforts. Knitting is ideal. it requires minimal equipment,    can be done in snatches when time permits. When the rains come    and the family crops and vegetables need tending not much knitting    gets done, but in times of drought and crop failure, when the    family garden is bare of supplementary vegetables, money can  now be earned to purchase the necessities of life.
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