OUR IMPACT

 

 

OUR ARTISAN NETWORK

JIAMINI is more than a fashion house, it is a network. Behind every piece is a chain of skilled hands: weavers in Eastern Kenya, metal, leather and bead workers in Nairobi, artisans whose craft has been passed down for generations and is now being connected to global markets.

Over nearly a decade we have done something most craft businesses never manage: built a working bridge between rural and peri-urban women artisans and discerning national and international markets. We train women artisans in the technical and business skills that crafts alone does not teach, holds their work to a luxury quality standard, and channel it into retail, wholesale, export, corporate channels that pay fairly and reliably.

Behind every piece is a chain of skilled hands: weavers in Eastern Kenya, metal, leather and bead workers in Nairobi, artisans whose craft has been passed down for generations and is now being connected to global markets.

We believe economic empowerment starts with skill. That's why building capacity, not just employment, sits at the center of what we do.

TRAINING THAT BUILDS CAPACITY

In 2024, through the ITC SheTrades Commonwealth+ Program, JIAMINI led a capacity-building initiative for 150 women weavers across  Eastern Kenya. The program went beyond craft skills, covering group management, financial literacy, supply chain ethics, and income diversification.

Of the 150 women trained, 60 have been integrated into JIAMINI's production network, with the goal of increasing that number as the business scales. 

SKILLS TRANSFER, BEYOND OUR OWN WORKSHOP

JIAMINI partnered with Azadi Community Kenya, a Nairobi-based NGO, to train young women survivors of trafficking in beadwork techniques, equipping them with a pathway to self-employment and economic independence, beyond JIAMINI's own supply chain.

 

 FOUR CRAFT DISCIPLINES, ONE STANDARD 

Our artisan network works across four production categories:

 

WHY THIS MATTERS

JIAMINI's work aligns with three UN Sustainable Development Goals:

- SDG 1 -No Poverty

- SDG 5 - Gender Equality

- SDG 8 - Decent Work & Economic Growth

We see fashion as a distribution channel for opportunity, connecting rural and peri-urban artisans, most of whom are women, to markets they could not otherwise reach on their own.

RECOGNITION

- EFI (Ethical Fashion Initiative) Accelerator - selected as 1 of 5 from 250+ applicants (2020)

- Featured presentation, Pitti Uomo (2021) -  "digital showcase"  not runway

- Wallpaper -  Magazine feature (March 2022)

- Stocked at La Samaritaine (Paris) and Foreign Agent (Lausanne)

 

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