I finished her course in professional tailoring and established a business called De Jenny Enterprise, in Kitgum Town. She runs a shop and at the same time she trains. She has built up a clientele some of whom include, Kitgum Core Primary Teacher’s college, Kitgum hospital, women groups and a few schools, in South Sudan which demand for uniforms.

Her contract portfolio has now risen to Ten million shillings.

She uses this money to execute the orders, pay support staff and generate an income for herself. She is also a qualified educationalist heading the department of tailoring and cutting garments at the ChildCare Technical institute in Kitgum. She recalls vividly a time when the future was bleak. But today, “I am what I have become because of Lindner Foundation.

Fun with Fashion

Creative options to pick from. There are plenty of unexpected ways to incorporate African print into your wardrobe.

As a modern skirt: The modern skirt is not one with the traditional cut and hemline. Skirts now come as skorts (where a skirt is attached to a pair of shorts to form one piece), in deconstructed make (where the skirt is altered to have uneven edges, pockets in unimaginable positions, et al) and in many more interesting makes. And, all these are available in African print.

As a modern shirt: Just like every other thing, shirts now come in interesting makes. From the now ubiquitous off the shoulder cut, the ne cold shoulder cut, deconstructed make, with fluffed detail, bell sleeves and puffed shoulders. All in African print.