We need your Big Black Buttons!!!

The Vutakaka Sewing Club is a group of men and women, who are being trained in basic sewing skills and in the process, are making INCREDIBLE! items. (you should see their latest designs!!) For many of their bags, they use a single black button at the top for fastening. The buttons we have been using are plain, solid black, and 1-inch in diameter. The problem is, they are expensive AND hard to get locally. We need your help!

We are asking you to please look through your button jars for big black buttons. Maybe you could even organize a black-button drive at your place of work, or school? It doesn't matter how many holes the buttons have, as long as they are at least 1-inch in diameter, and are solid black. If you happen to have any, please send them to us directly in Kenya at East African Center PO BOX 85085 Mombasa , Kenya 80100. If you are unable to send them to Kenya , please contact Mike McCarty at mmccarty@eastafricancenter.org to make other arrangements. If you have questions, please email me directly at sjeneby@eastafricancenter.org - thank you, Suzanne Jeneby