#14 Josephine

Josephine has been part of the Mama Afrika com­munity since its early days. Shortly after the organ­iz­a­tion was foun­ded, she trained as a tail­or and suc­cess­fully built a stable live­li­hood in the years that followed.

How­ever, the pan­dem­ic changed everything: income col­lapsed while her respons­ib­il­it­ies increased. After a tra­gic acci­dent, Josephine now cares not only for her own son but also for her niece and neph­ew, includ­ing cov­er­ing their school fees.

To secure her long-term income, she com­pleted over a year of col­lege train­ing. With great ded­ic­a­tion and per­sever­ance, she achieved her goal and can now train young women to become tail­ors her­self. This opens up not only a new source of income but also the oppor­tun­ity to pass on her know­ledge and cre­ate per­spect­ives for others.