Training at SOKO

This week three of SOKO's youngest, newest tailors return from a month of tailoring training. This fantastic opportunity is being run in partnership with Wildlife Works www.wildlifeworks.com, at Rukinga Wildlife Reserve, approximately 3 hours drive from SOKO’s workshop.

When SOKO’s tailors arrive with us they receive the appropriate training from our Master Tailor, Phillip, and other senior tailors. The tailors are trained in sewing specific garments using foot pedal machines. The need for further training has arisen due to SOKO, purchasing new industrial machines, hence providing the opportunity and the need for tailors to increase their skills set.

At Wildlife Works the tailors learn the whole process of CMT (cut, make and trim) manufacturing from a different company’s perspective. They learn how to: cut patterns, use industrial sewing machines, quality check garments and finish the whole product off. The most important skill that they learn during their month at Wildlife Works is how to use an industrial sewing machine.

Whilst undertaking this training the tailors are provided with a wage, food allowance and accommodation by SOKO; in addition to this Wildlife Works kindly gives the tailors lunch every day. This training is an amazing opportunity for our tailors as training in Kenya can be very expensive.

SOKO will continue this partnership with Wildlife Works until all of SOKO’s tailors have been through the training. The next three tailors leave us at the end of the month.

A huge thank you to Wildlife Works for the great training they are providing SOKO’s tailors.