The term KAYAYEE is a Ghanaian term that refers to female porters or bearers. They have always been manual laborers who transport goods to and from markets. They normally carry loads of shoppers in large pans placed on their heads as they assist these clients or shoppers to which ever distance desired for a meager fee. Many of these women have migrated from a rural community especially the Northern part of Ghana to any of Ghana’s urban cities, especially Accra. They move down south in search of better employment prospects so they can save money for various forms of investments and seek to improve their livelihood. They toil away in markets in Ghana often in poor conditions and with minimal income. Occasionally, these ‘KAYAYEE’ are brought into private homes to perform domestic tasks. They live in slums, markets, bus stations and communities without basic sanitation, poor hygiene and nutrition conditions with little or no education, no employable or any entrepreneurial skills.
conclusion: MBA Mode, as part of its social responsibility, seeks to collaborate with Corporate institutions, NGOs, well-wishers, philanthropists, the general public and other institutions of care to provide vocational skills in fashion design and entrepreneurial abilities to the less privileged in our community and most especially the KAYAYEE in our market places. These assistance either in cash or kind is able to secure and provide tuition cost, cost of fabrics and accessories for classroom assignment and project work, as well as providing industrial machines and start up kits to set needy and the less privileged graduates up, to be able to commence business as soon as they graduate. Together, we assist needy but enthusiastic individuals who would want to acquire vocational skills in fashion design and construction, and equip them with the requisite skills to become great entrepreneurs in fashion.
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