Namibian initiative uses art to empower women

STORY: Namibian initiative uses art to empower women SHOOTING TIME: April 4, 2024 DATELINE: April 5, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:03 LOCATION: Windhoek CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of activities at Penduka Trust 2. SOUNDBITE (English): CHRISTIEN ROOS, Co-founder of Penduka Trust 3. various of dance, textile and other activities at Penduka Trust STORYLINE: Penduka Trust, a women-empowering initiative in Namibia, is utilizing art to help locals secure a better life. The programs under Penduka Trust are diverse and comprehensive, catering to women with limited education and young mothers. They provide a wide range of training in skills, from storytelling and embroidery to pottery, agriculture, and jewelry making, showcasing the versatility and adaptability of the women involved. The initiative, which started with six women in Windhoek in 1992, has reached over 1,000 women in other parts of Namibia, where poverty is prevalent. SOUNDBITE (English): CHRISTIEN ROOS, Co-founder of Penduka Trust "We have traine

NAMIBIA-WINDHOEK-GOREANGAB-WOMEN-EMPOWERING INITIATIVE-ART WORKSHOP

NAMIBIA-WINDHOEK-GOREANGAB-WOMEN-EMPOWERING INITIATIVE-ART WORKSHOP

(240404) -- GOREANGAB, April 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People visit the art workshop in the Goreangab township, Windhoek, Namibia, on April 4, 2024. In the Goreangab township northwest of Namibia's capital, Windhoek, Victoria Ndilimeke applied wax and dye to the fabric at a workshop, creating colorful patterns. This batik work is part of a sought-after art collection produced by over 20 women at Penduka Trust, which is a women-empowering initiative to utilize art as a catalyst to help locals secure a better life. (Photo by Ndalimpinga Iita/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Namibian women empowered for better future through art initiative

NAMIBIA-WINDHOEK-GOREANGAB-WOMEN-EMPOWERING INITIATIVE-ART WORKSHOP

NAMIBIA-WINDHOEK-GOREANGAB-WOMEN-EMPOWERING INITIATIVE-ART WORKSHOP

(240404) -- GOREANGAB, April 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A woman works at an art workshop in the Goreangab township, Windhoek, Namibia, on April 4, 2024. In the Goreangab township northwest of Namibia's capital, Windhoek, Victoria Ndilimeke applied wax and dye to the fabric at a workshop, creating colorful patterns. This batik work is part of a sought-after art collection produced by over 20 women at Penduka Trust, which is a women-empowering initiative to utilize art as a catalyst to help locals secure a better life. (Photo by Ndalimpinga Iita/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Namibian women empowered for better future through art initiative

NAMIBIA-WINDHOEK-GOREANGAB-WOMEN-EMPOWERING INITIATIVE-ART WORKSHOP

NAMIBIA-WINDHOEK-GOREANGAB-WOMEN-EMPOWERING INITIATIVE-ART WORKSHOP

(240404) -- GOREANGAB, April 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Visitors watch a woman working on a piece of artwork at an art workshop in the Goreangab township, Windhoek, Namibia, on April 4, 2024. In the Goreangab township northwest of Namibia's capital, Windhoek, Victoria Ndilimeke applied wax and dye to the fabric at a workshop, creating colorful patterns. This batik work is part of a sought-after art collection produced by over 20 women at Penduka Trust, which is a women-empowering initiative to utilize art as a catalyst to help locals secure a better life. (Photo by Ndalimpinga Iita/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Namibian women empowered for better future through art initiative

NAMIBIA-WINDHOEK-GOREANGAB-WOMEN-EMPOWERING INITIATIVE-ART WORKSHOP

NAMIBIA-WINDHOEK-GOREANGAB-WOMEN-EMPOWERING INITIATIVE-ART WORKSHOP

(240404) -- GOREANGAB, April 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Women dance for visitors in the Goreangab township, Windhoek, Namibia, on April 4, 2024. In the Goreangab township northwest of Namibia's capital, Windhoek, Victoria Ndilimeke applied wax and dye to the fabric at a workshop, creating colorful patterns. This batik work is part of a sought-after art collection produced by over 20 women at Penduka Trust, which is a women-empowering initiative to utilize art as a catalyst to help locals secure a better life. (Photo by Ndalimpinga Iita/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Namibian women empowered for better future through art initiative

NAMIBIA-WINDHOEK-GOREANGAB-WOMEN-EMPOWERING INITIATIVE-ART WORKSHOP

NAMIBIA-WINDHOEK-GOREANGAB-WOMEN-EMPOWERING INITIATIVE-ART WORKSHOP

(240404) -- GOREANGAB, April 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A woman works at an art workshop in the Goreangab township, Windhoek, Namibia, on April 4, 2024. In the Goreangab township northwest of Namibia's capital, Windhoek, Victoria Ndilimeke applied wax and dye to the fabric at a workshop, creating colorful patterns. This batik work is part of a sought-after art collection produced by over 20 women at Penduka Trust, which is a women-empowering initiative to utilize art as a catalyst to help locals secure a better life. (Photo by Ndalimpinga Iita/Xinhua) TO GO WITH Feature: Namibian women empowered for better future through art initiative

Underprivileged women in Namibia empowered through training project

STORY: Underprivileged women in Namibia empowered through training project DATELINE: Aug. 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:42 LOCATION: Windhoek CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of women making embroidery 2. SOUNDBITE (English): CHRISTIEN ROOS, Co-founder of Penduka Trust 3. various of women working at the workshop STORYLINE: Many underprivileged women in Namibia's capital Windhoek have been offered an opportunity to support themselves through a training project run by a local social enterprise. Since 1992, the project by Penduka Trust has trained disabled and underprivileged women, including young mothers and those with little education, with skills in embroidery, pottery, agriculture, and recycling, among others. SOUNDBITE (English): CHRISTIEN ROOS, Co-founder of Penduka Trust "We have trained approximately 1,000 women, and we call them members of Penduka. The majority, luckily, are on their own. It is a group of 140 women which we still keep as members who do embroidery work for us. Currently, we have staf