Vanessa Munezero teaches sewing to young people in Muhanga
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Iwacu
Illustrative image · Gabriel Frank · Pexels · Licence PexelsVanessa Munezero, born in 1996 in Gashibuka, turned to sewing after failing the state examination required to access post-basic studies. Trained at Buntu Secondary Technical School, she is now appreciated in Muhanga for her skills and willingness to teach the trade to other young people, reports Iwacu.
Vanessa Munezero, a seamstress based on Kibimba hill in Muhanga commune, passes on her skills to young people in her area and has made it an activity that enables her to achieve financial independence, reports Iwacu. Born in 1996 on Gashibuka hill, she turned to sewing after failing the state examination that was supposed to give her access to post-basic studies.
Trained at Buntu Secondary Technical School in Buye, in the former Ngozi province, Vanessa Munezero says she faced a demeaning attitude towards sewing as a field. The school’s headteacher nevertheless encouraged pupils to continue their training and acquire sewing machines so they could subsequently practise their trade, reports Iwacu.
Today, Vanessa Munezero has three sewing machines and makes clothes for her clients. She believes that sewing can generate income, while a neighbour encourages young women considering going to Arab countries for domestic work to come and learn the trade from her, reports Iwacu.
This initiative comes in a context where women are also mobilising in the communities of Butanyerera. On 2 November, women support the communities of Butanyerera.
