" FASHION FOR DEVELOPMENT" is no longer a dream, it's a reality. It's a work in progress but it has been officially birthed , we debut the first summer training of WYC Fashion Institute and the turn out was tremendous, we are super glad that we touched lives and made impact, the summer training is targeted at catching future designers young and nuture their dreams early "CATCH THEM YOUNG".
It looked like a mountain that we cannot climb initially, so many questions on our minds, how do we make impact, how do we get the right young people to impact, how do we get the finance to support the dream?!
Everything sorted itself out without much sweat, don't get me wrong, it wasn't all that easy, there were days I asked myself if I knew what I was doing. Good friends, right connection and supports from family made it all easy.
We were able to work with the Oyo state government, through the office of the Special Adviser to the governor on Education by partnering the OYOMESI Job Experience Scheme, we were able to teach much more than fashion crafts, we were able to plant the seed of entrepreneur, we were able to work with future leaders, and community developers.
We made sure the students didnt learn fashion alone, but we discussed sexual and reproductive health with them, the importance of abstinence, we talk abt HIV and ways of contacting them, we spoke about self esteem, negotiating skills, pricing skills and how to influence their immediate environment positively.
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| Public speaking and presentation |
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| Taking measurements |
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| A student displaying what she cut |
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| They were proud of their craft and had to take a picture with it |
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| Fashion instructor with her students giving notes |
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| Crafts making in progress |
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Cutting and sewing on going
XOXO Whoopy Yun
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