Kaross, Kaross Foundation, and the Women at the Heart of Both
This Women’s Month, we spent time with Evelyn and Rodah—two Kaross embroiderers and mothers whose daughters, Bokamoso and Pamela, are learners at Nkambako Primary School, one of Kaross Foundation’s partnering schools.
Their stories gave us an opportunity to look at something we don't always see at first glance: how the work of Kaross and Kaross Foundation meet in our community.
A mother can be an embroiderer.
Her work can help support her family.
Her child, a learner.
And the school her child attends can be strengthened through the work of Kaross Foundation.
A Message from Evelyn and Rodah
For Evelyn and Rodah, being a strong woman isn't about having it all figured out.
For Evelyn strength means standing up for yourself and continuing to fight through difficult situations. She encouraged other women to break the silence around their struggles and allow others step in to support them.
Rodah equates strength with responsibility: For Rodah, responsibility means navigating difficulties thoughtfully, and embroidery serves as one of her tools for finding a path forward.
When we asked them what makes them most proud as women, their answers naturally turned towards their children.
What Makes Them Proud
For Evelyn and Rodah—both married women balancing busy households as mothers of 3 and 4 children respectively—their greatest pride comes from being present in their children's lives.
Seeing Bokamoso and Pamela go to school.
Helping when they don't understand their homework.
Being able to work and care for them.
A message from Bokamoso:
"To my mom, thank you for loving me and showing me the way, and teaching me to be responsible."
Engaged Parents
When we talk about education, we often talk about schools, teachers, books and programmes.
But a child's educational journey doesn't begin and end at the school gate.
It is also shaped at home.
By the woman who encourages a child to keep learning.
By the person who works to care for their family.
By the example a child watches every day.
By a mother's hopes for her child.
One Community
For Pamela, one of the things she enjoys at school is the library—a resource that Kaross Foundation established at Nkambako Primary School in 2025.
It is a meaningful part of her school experience: a place where she can discover books, read, learn and explore beyond the classroom.
That library exists because of the Foundation's work within the school.
Through Kaross, women like Evelyn and Rodah have an opportunity to use their embroidery skills, earn an income and contribute to the wellbeing of their families.
Through The Kaross Foundation, children in partner schools such as Nkambako Primary School are supported in their educational journey, through initiatives that strengthen their learning environment—including the library Pamela enjoys.
For families like these, those aren't two separate worlds.
They meet in the same family.
In the same community.
In the same child.
Throughout Women’s Month, we celebrate women in all their roles: creators, mothers, teachers, encouragers, leaders and role models.
The influence of a woman isn't always measured by what she accomplishes for herself:
It is heard in her child's voice.
You see it in the child who goes to school.
In every book checked out from the school library.
It is felt in the example a child carries into the world.
The bridge between Kaross and The Kaross Foundation lives in its people.
In women like Evelyn and Rodah.
In children like Bokamoso and Pamela.
And in the families and communities that give meaning to the work of both organisations.
When we invest in women and children, their success doesn't happen in isolation—it creates a ripple effect across an entire community.
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