28/03/2025
๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฑ๐ต. ๐ฌ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ญ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง-๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ.
I remember my childhood wrapped in my motherโs ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ.. It wasnโt just clothing it was a symbol of identity, tradition, and survival. For my mother, it was a wallet, she would secure coins and notes on the edge of a kitenge, and a means of carrying me on her back. For many women in my community, in the early 2000s in Kakuma Refugee Camp, it was the only piece of fabric they could afford, yet it held the warmth of a thousand embraces.
Today, I see young refugee girls ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ธ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ, ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐, ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐. They use it boldly in ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป. ๐ข๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ-๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
Every time they wear it, they carry generations of strength and beauty. This is more than modeling this is storytelling through ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐น๐ผ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐? ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐!