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Opio Ngowi
Local tailoring and electrical work
- 🇰🇪 Thika, Kiambu, Kenya
- The Bamboo Trades Guild
- 1988 to 2001
- English, Swahili
I've worked in tailoring from 1988 to 2001. I learned from my father and passed what I could on to 430 apprentices.
Apprentices come in nervous and leave proud. That's my favorite part. I try to remember everyone's name.
Hearing from old faces is the best part of my week.
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Some of my old apprentices now run their own shops. I couldn't be prouder.
Crafts and trades
What gifts mean to Opio: I'd put gifts toward a new set of tools for the next apprentice.
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- Sowmya K. MudaliarNeighbor🇮🇳
you taught me the trade. I run my own shop now Greetings from Mumbai.
- Prakash P. VaidyanathanFormer student🇮🇳
Everything you built for us is still standing. Greetings from Mysuru.
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