Picture and authentic reporting by way of our companions at @theorispresent by @charlieengman & printed by @atmos
Meet Asana. Like many Kayayei girls, she traveled to Ghana’s capital metropolis Accra from the Northern area of Ghana to earn sufficient cash to observe her dream of finishing her training and turning into a nurse. Revenue alternatives are scarce in her residence village, and local weather change is making farming revenue much less viable and predictable.
Asana discovered work at Kantamanto Market – Accra’s largest second-hand clothes market as a Kayayoo – a feminine head porter – carrying 120lb bales of clothes. Her work is tough and strenuous, and she or he is paid solely $.30-$1 per journey. At 10 journeys per day, after paying for dwelling bills, Asana has little hope of saving any cash towards her nursing diploma.
Picture and authentic reporting by way of our companions at @theorispresent by @geoffreybuta
COVID-19 has made life tougher for ladies like Asana – when Accra went into lockdown to forestall the unfold of the virus, revenue alternatives for the Kayayei dried up. To make issues worse, a current fireplace within the Outdated Fadama part of Accra destroyed over 800 settlements, displacing an estimated 1000 Kayayei and their households.
Our associate organizations, The Kayayei Youth Affiliation and The OR Undertaking sometimes deal with extra systematic long run options to repair this damaged system- analysis, advocacy for Kayayei rights, help with faculty tuition for academic and commerce alternatives, and accessible well being clinics.
In mild of COVID-19 and the Outdated Fadama fireplace, they’ve shifted their efforts to direct meals support to get these girls via this tough time within the hopes of serving to them obtain their long run goals in a post-COVID world.
We’re dedicated to donating 20% of all gross sales to meals support for Kayayei girls from April Twenty seventh-Might tenth. Store presents for mother, or donate immediately right here.
