Happy Kids Orphanage

The next day we were able to go spend some time at the happy kids orphanage after shopping the local markets for some more small fabric items. Sundays are much slower in Hohoe because religion is a huge part of Ghanaian culture so we were unable to meet with any of the seamstresses to drop off fabrics or check in on current orders each are working on.

                                 Happy Kids Orphanage, Hohoe, Ghana

                      Happy Kids Orphanage, Hohoe, Ghana

Over dinner of homemade boiled vegetables, lettuce, spices and tomato paste over rice, we spoke with the whole Della team, now also including Sammy- the head tailor of Della in Hohoe, about things we need to achieve during our time in Hohoe. We came up with a checklist of tons of different tasks and goals that we plan to accomplish while here. 

Our goals for the trip include the production of about three hundred hobo bags, finishing the clutches by assembling the buttons, creating a men’s 13" laptop case, finishing a 1,500 women’s laptop case order for Uncommon Goods, conducting a photo shoot with a local Ghanaian women we haven’t found yet, creating a sample soft headband, sample small wallet, and sample diaper bag and larger hobo bag for the holiday season.  I am personally responsible for documenting the entire trip through photography, including the photo shoot, volunteering at the local Happy Kids orphanage, headshots and bios of all the seamstresses in Hohoe, photos of the facility and local environment, product shots to send off as examples to the PR firm to send to Uncommon Goods, Marie Claire magazine, and the Della website. For that, I also have to use my newly acquired Photoshop skills to alter a laptop case photo to send as a sample because a physical one has not been fully produced yet. I will also be updating a Della Unbound blog daily depending on the Internet availability in Hohoe with information, photos and videos.