We are on our last week here in Malawi and now we are visiting groups for the last time on this trip. One of the HBC (Home Based Care) team members, Joseph, had invited us to meet his group, Tikane. They primarily make beads from paper and then make jewelry with the beads. Joseph had shown us pictures of their beautiful work to whet our interest. The Tikane group did not disappoint!
Here they are cutting very thin and long triangles from an old UNICEF calendar - the bright blue will make stunning beads. Kelly and I both bought necklaces, bracelets and earrings. And we ordered 2 bracelets and 1 pair of earrings using the new blue beads. Here's Kelly wearing earrings and a necklace.
Back to the house for lunch before going to visit the Chisomo group. Kelly had ordered two sweaters for herself - I've already posted about the orange one but her green one was almost done. It was just a matter of sewing on buttons and making buttonholes.
In the meantime, I interviewed Amos who is both a regional volunteer/coordinator and a member of the group. Here's Kelly helping him tie one of the new patterned ties to wear for the interview. Helping him look his best!
The Chisomo group already knew that yellow was my favorite color, so they insisted that I get a yellow sweater. It's quite bright and Kelly says that it will be good to wear at night. It's also very warm, but I modeled it anyway, lol.
Looks smashing with my blue shirt, no? Another busy day tomorrow - read all about it here!
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