The Tamesis
This year’s entrants consist of Ruth Odoom and Samuel Gyasi. Odoom began operating in the marketplace at age 17 and has actually invested the previous 13 years upcycling males’s t-shirts right into briefs, an usual upcycling technique in Cantamento. With OWO institution, she discovered patternmaking (she made use of to reduce with freehand, causing even more waste) and boosted the completing of the item, including a coordinating females’s bra. Formerly, she just billed 6 GHS (regarding 50 cents USD) per set of briefs. Currently, she can bill up to 250 GHS ($ 22) for a bundle.
Gyasi was presented to Cantamento by a pal and began the OWO institution program regarding a year back. He started collaborating with jeans however later on switched over to natural leather, developing jumble bags and coats from harmed products marketed on the market. Along with OWO Institution, he likewise researched haute couture at a neighborhood college and runs the brand name Gabusu. “I desire my brand name to be worldwide, and it takes a great deal of individuals collaborating,” he claimed. “I intend to reveal individuals that the products at Cantamento Market are still worth utilizing. It’s not a waste for us.”
Najiha Yahya and Latifah Fuqua
Tarn Job Individuals
Hundreds of females and women function throughout Candemanto Market Kayayei (in charge of doorpersons), some as young as 6 years of ages (the precise number differs with the period). In Cantamento, Kayayei Bring bowls of items (e.g. food), bagged waste and entire bundles of fabrics that require to be transferred in between importer containers, storehouses and market stalls. According to the Or Structure, Kayayei Individuals that relocate the 55kg bundles are generally in between 14 and 35 years of ages. They should browse slim, jampacked market aisles and are commonly paid much less than 30 cents for a kilometer-long trip. These girls– most of whom are environment or financial travelers from north Ghana– real-time and operate in unscrupulous problems, with lots of passing away or being seriously wounded at the same time. Among the Or Structure’s front runner tasks is Mabilgu (indicating “sisterhood” in Dagbani). right here, Kayayei Currently in healing, lots of have accessibility to risk-free real estate, healthcare, treatment and English courses for the very first time. Throughout a paid instruction, they are re-trained or upskilled, giving them with an escape of tight spots.
