About Us
Kenana UK is the London based importer and distributor for Kenana Knitters which started in Njoro, Kenya 1998, to help rural women find some much needed form of income using their spinning and knitting skills. The group buys homespun wool produced locally, then knits it into toys, bed-covers, jerseys, socks, scarves, hats and other accessories.
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Njoro is mainly a farming area - agricultural work for the men is easier to come by than for the women-folk, yet agricultural wages are insufficient to support large and extended families. This group generates two forms of income, buying the wool, then creating more work by turning the wool into a marketable product. The money goes direct into the hands of the women who are thus able to improve the quality of their lives. |
| Kenya is still very much a male orientated society where the wife and family may have little claim on a man's earnings. A woman's lot in the rural area is a hard one - no running water or readily available fuel for cooking; no transport to the market place; very little access to basic medical attention; school fees, books and uniforms to purchase - and certainly no money left over for any small luxury. |
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| Kenana Knitters group enables its workers to directly benefit from their efforts. Knitting is ideal. it requires minimal equipment, can be done in snatches when time permits. When the rains come and the family crops and vegetables need tending not much knitting gets done, but in times of drought and crop failure, when the family garden is bare of supplementary vegetables, money can now be earned to purchase the necessities of life. |
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