Meet Ndeye Ndiaye.

“I started with the loan of a 50,000 FCFA* credit from the savings and credit program at Koki Epicenter [to purchase a sewing machine]. One of my uncles bought me a second machine. With these two machines, I committed myself to train the young people of the village because, at the moment, only four are qualified and I am the only female tailor here. I make my own designs. I have nothing to envy about the rich tailors of Dakar. Whenever I wear a boubou [robe], people ask me where I got it. They are amazed when I tell them that I made it by myself, especially because I live in a village that does not always have electricity!”

- Ndeye Ndiaye from Fadam, Senegal

*Note: 50,000 FCFA is approximately $112 CAD.