CHEF SAMY Men’s Shirt – White
CHEF SAMY Men’s Shirt – White
100% organically grown cotton from Tanzania
Made and printed in Kenya
In March 2023, we once again visited our friends at NYUZI at their sewing workshop in Karai, in the Lusigetti region of Kenya. The workshop employs young people from disadvantaged backgrounds who grew up in the neighbouring orphanage.
We have a special connection to the orphanage, as our friend Francis spent his childhood and teenage years there. And as luck would have it, we discovered a truly special motif during our visit. When Francis showed us a
picture of himself and his football team – which still hangs in his old dormitory – we noticed a small drawing next to the door. Francis can no longer remember which of his friends drew this
on the dormitory wall a good 17 years ago. It depicts a former cook at the orphanage holding a portion of ugali. As some of the children were apparently not satisfied with ‘Chef Samy’s’ cooking skills, the drawing and colouring of the otherwise delicious maize porridge leave room for interpretation.
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In March 2023, we once again visited our friends at NYUZI at their sewing workshop in Karai, in the Lusigetti region of Kenya. The workshop employs young people from disadvantaged backgrounds who grew up in the neighbouring orphanage.
We have a special connection to the orphanage, as our friend Francis spent his childhood and teenage years there. And as luck would have it, we discovered a truly special motif during our visit. When Francis showed us a
picture of himself and his football team – which still hangs in his old dormitory – we noticed a small drawing next to the door. Francis can no longer remember which of his friends drew this
on the dormitory wall a good 17 years ago. It depicts a former cook at the orphanage holding a portion of ugali. As some of the children were apparently not satisfied with ‘Chef Samy’s’ cooking skills, the drawing and colouring of the otherwise delicious maize porridge leave room for interpretation.
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Kipepeo designs, but we love creative designs that tell a story –
and which, on top of that, look as fresh as a portion of ugali!
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Black tea from the foothills of Kilimanjaro, blended with cocoa husks from Arusha and coconut flakes from Zanzibar. This forms the basis for this aromatic tea, whose flavour is reminiscent of mild, dark chocolate. Cocoa husks naturally contain a small amount of theobromine, a substance related to caffeine – though only in low concentrations.
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