Showing posts with label Uganda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Uganda. Show all posts

Friday, October 7, 2011

NAKATE PROJECT: HELPING WOMEN IN UGANDA


I  found the Nakate project via twitter and  introduced them for the first time a few days ago here. Shanley Knox, started the Nakate project to help women in a small village in Uganda have a better life . Here is a bit of her story .
 In 2010, we met a 7-year-old named Cossy Nakate. Suffering from AIDS, orphaned and living in a small African village called Kakooge, Cossy impacted us in a way we couldn’t stop thinking about. We shared our lunch with her. We started paying for her food every month. But it wasn’t enough. We knew we had to change not only her life, but the lives of the women in her village – and the lives of their daughters after them. Read the rest here.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Uganda Fashion Designer Spotlight :Solome Katongole


Solome Katongole is Ugadan born  designer raised in Columbia MD . According to her website, although  she holds a  bachelors of science in Biology she always had an eye for fashion . She  honed her skills by designing for and participating in fashion shows.   In early  2008 she  went to London to intern with Yemi Osunkoya the great designer behind the Kosibah label to perfect her skills.  Solome is a label that specializes in customized women's clothing.The  designer is inspired  by color and nature and her Ugandan culture. Below are few pictures of her Spring 2011 .You can contact Solome Here and here