Now when it is about time to
start buying Christmas gifts for your friends and loved ones we want to make
some advertising for the tray selling that is made by Nkingas Vänner. Many of
the friends of this organisation transport African fabrics to Sweden. The fabrics are then cut by hand for each tray and then moulded in birch veneer
into fabulous trays in one of Sweden’s most well-known and respected
tray-company; åryTRAYS in Nybro.
The money that the selling raises makes it possible for
many poor women to safely delivery their babies at Nkinga hospital. The tray
selling has also resulted in the renovation of the premature ward and
that one nurse could be hired to take care of the premature babies.
The traditional African fabrics are called kitenge.
One can buy it in an incredible number of colours and patterns and most
Tanzanian woman uses the kitenge. A translated quote from the back of the
trays explains this in more detail:
"The kitenge is a part of the African woman's
identity. It protects against both heat and cold, it expresses sadness after the
death of family members and friends. In it she carries her baby and everything that
is brought from the field and the market. The working hours are heavy and long
but the kitenge gives the weekday colour and pattern. This tray is made by
African kitenge."
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