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A Polish model has quit her job cat-walking to go to Kenya and teach underprivileged women sewing and design.<\/p>\n
Maja Kotala decided to change her life in 2018, moving to Africa, to use her time to help others. As someone who\u2019s lived in Australia and Paris, she says she found her place in Africa.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfrica is beautiful, colorful, and open. I\u2019ve never come across such a good attitude,\u201d she said<\/strong><\/a>. \u201cSo I had the strength to fight for these talented girls.\u201d<\/p>\n That\u2019s when she created the Sewing Together project, providing free courses educating women on how to create a self-sustainable business, how to sew and start their own fashion line.<\/p>\n \u201cI teach them how to create collections. I teach the basics of business, marketing, sales, bargaining skills, and how to behave towards a client,\u201d Kotala said<\/strong><\/a>.<\/b>\u00a0\u201cAfter six months they create and interpret drawings. At this time, I can create a workplace for them.\u201d<\/p>\n She also gives opportunities to women to cut themselves from the stereotype of women staying home to look after children.<\/p>\n \u201cOne of my students comes from a Muslim family and she is not allowed to go to college,\u201d she continued. \u201cWe had a single mother with a child who was kicked out by her family because she was pregnant before marriage and was banned for two years\u2026 We have girls who were forced by their parents to learn the so-called specific professions.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n