Eco-mode And Shofco Take Part In Bizarre Bazaar Christmas Craft Festival

NAIROBI, Kenya - Nov. 19, 2014 - PRLog -- On Saturday 15^th November, 2014, ECO – MODE (www.mo-de.com) and girls from the Shining Hope for the Community (SHOFCO) (www.shofco.org/) took place in the Bizarre Bazaar Christmas Craft Festival at Karura Forest. Activities planned for the day included fun and shopping in the beautiful forest with over 80 craft and charity stalls offering traditional and contemporary goods and services. There were also be fun games and activities for the children, food court, live entertainment and DJ’s with on the spot prizes to be won for just being there!

Bizarre bazaar is exactly that: An event which hosts businesses that have stimulating, unique and creative products that are eco-friendly. Being our partners, ECO - MODE chose to take the girls from SHOFCO out to this event to experience a visit out to a natural-environment focused activity away from their normal environment. MODE also aims at exposing their young minds to thought-stimulating crafts ideas as well as encouraging them to interact with other children outside of Mathare.

Some of the amazing crafts being exhibited included cushions stuffed with plastic bottles, handmade soap stone Christmas decorations, wood carvings made from fallen branches and trees, chandeliers made of plastic bottles, cloths from natural fibre, colourful carpets made from waste materials, home decor made from dyed grass,  necklaces made from feathers and much more.

ECO - MODE and SHOFCO will next month, have a Christmas party at SHOFCO, Mathare with all 84 girls. Each girl will receive a personalised gift sing from their sponsors at MODE.

ABOUT ECO-MODE

ECO-MODE is MODE’S (www.mo-de.com) going green campaign. MODE is dedicated to maintaining daily activities aimed at improving and protecting our environment.

Through ECO – MODE, MODE has currently engaged in a 5 year and Kes 5Million commitment with Shining Hope for the Community (SHOFCO) in Mathare and Kambui School for the deaf in Ruiru which is one of the 7 schools in Kenya for the deaf with 300 students. The funds will go towards financing the construction of this top performing school as well as constructing a health dispensary. MODE staff members visited Kambui School for the deaf to spend a day on their grounds planting 10,000 trees with the students.

ECO-MODE aims at planting more trees at the school as well as empowering the school to provide facilities that will lead to higher employment opportunities for the students and better integration of deaf people into society.

We at MODE are keen to ensure that we are compliant with our ECO-MODE and CSR policies which state that all aspects of our business must adhere to the highest standards to promote and take care of the earth. We have gone as far as to ensure that our supply chain members comply with applicable laws and regulations related to International labor practices, human rights, bribery & corruption, occupational health, safety and environment. We also want to encourage resource-efficiency in our supply chain; and guide our partners towards sustainable practices.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Grace Wambui on + 254 724 479995 / +254 734 531 254, +254 711 557 556, +254 20 249 4714 or e-mail info@mo-de.com or gwambui@mo-de.com

About MODE: The Evolution Of Nanofinance On Mobile.

MODE is a global organization that was started in May 2010 with the main aim of bringing everyday mobile solutions to the world. With emergency credit financing we provide nano-finance [facilities of less than USD 20] to prepaid customers through developing innovative and customized solutions.