Masked for others

In our world today, there isn’t a greater and simpler statement of love and care than a commitment to wearing a mask. We can’t hug each other, but we show we love and care for our community by putting on a mask.

As Enda, we’re all about community. So we wanted to see if we could go even further in making masks meaningful for the community. 

So we teamed up with a Heshima’s women group so they called themselves Dignity Designs. They are all mothers of disabled children and are much in need of additional income in these uncertain times. 

Inspired by beautiful, bright, and bold African print patterns, we spent the past few weeks working with Dignity Designs to build some lovely cloth masks. 

Every morning, a group of mothers meets at Dignity Designs located in Riruta, a settlement on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya.

While meeting them for the first time, nothing spoke more vividly of their shared desire to care for their families and their children than the individual narrations of what working at Dignity Designs feels like. 

For them, meeting and working together as mothers of physically challenged children is more than just work, it is therapeutic. They named their workshop ‘Dignity Designs’ as a reflection of what it feels to be there.

As they share a bond of love, security, and dignity at the workshop, their children always receive therapy and special education next door. 

The Face mask.

These masks are two-layered fabric masks meant to be worn for non-medical daily use. More than just being fashionable, they are made to be comfortable for hours of wear. 

Acting in the interest of others.

For them, meeting and working together as mothers of physically challenged children is more than just work, it is therapeutic. They named their workshop ‘Dignity Designs’ as a reflection of what it feels to be there.