{"id":9565,"date":"2014-02-09T16:02:09","date_gmt":"2014-02-09T20:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/?p=9565"},"modified":"2014-02-09T16:02:09","modified_gmt":"2014-02-09T20:02:09","slug":"kickstarter-project-mamafrica-clutches-by-modahnik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/magazine\/kickstarter-project-mamafrica-clutches-by-modahnik\/","title":{"rendered":"KickStarter Project: MamAfrica Clutches by MODAHNIK"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"afric-3405971521\" class=\"afric-before-content afric-entity-placement\"><amp-ad width=300 height=250\r\n    style=\"text-align:center;\" type=\"doubleclick\"\r\n    data-slot=\"\/21718337565\/AMP-Banner\">\r\n  <div placeholder><\/div>\r\n  <div fallback><\/div>\r\n<\/amp-ad>\r\n<\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2014\/02\/africanfashion.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9571 aligncenter lazyload\" alt=\"africanfashion\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2014\/02\/africanfashion.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Fashion designer <strong>Kahindo Mateene<\/strong> of <strong>MODAHNIK<\/strong> and non-profit organization <strong>MamAfrica<\/strong> (in Bukavu) collaborate on a line of clutches to raise funds for women of the Congo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Investing in these beautiful clutches will generate \u00a0funds that will ultimately create stable jobs for \u201c<strong>Mamas<\/strong>\u201d in Congo and enable them to acquire resources that they can use to support their families.\u00a0 <strong>Kahindo<\/strong> says that providing sustainable employment for these women not only diminishes poverty, but also empowers them. \u00a0To be funded, the\u00a0<strong>MamAfrica Clutches by MODAHNIK<\/strong> project still needs more backers to contribute about <strong>$13,000<\/strong> to be funded. \u00a0The window to pledge closes on <strong>Sunday, February 16, 20014 at 10 PM EST!<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"afric-2480728311\" class=\"afric-inbody afric-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><!-- \/21718337565\/AFW300 -->\r\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1609524218907-0' style='width: 300px; height: 250px;'>\r\n  <script>\r\n    googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1609524218907-0'); });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">P.S. If you pledge $10 and up, you get goodies! \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoin me to create \u2018products with a purpose\u2019 with the Mamas of MamAfrica!\u201d Kahindo&#8217;s words.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2014\/02\/africanfashion-m1.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-9572 lazyload\" alt=\"africanfashion m1\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2014\/02\/africanfashion-m1.jpg\" width=\"490\" height=\"392\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2014\/02\/africanfashion-m2.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-9573 lazyload\" alt=\"africanfashion m2\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2014\/02\/africanfashion-m2.jpg\" width=\"490\" height=\"342\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2014\/02\/africanfashion-m3.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-9574 lazyload\" alt=\"africanfashion m3\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2014\/02\/africanfashion-m3.jpg\" width=\"490\" height=\"678\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2014\/02\/africanfashion-m4.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-9575 lazyload\" alt=\"africanfashion m4\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2014\/02\/africanfashion-m4.jpg\" width=\"490\" height=\"368\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2014\/02\/africanfashion-m5.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-9576 lazyload\" alt=\"africanfashion m5\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2014\/02\/africanfashion-m5.jpg\" width=\"490\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2014\/02\/africanfashion-m6.jpg\" rel=\"mfp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-9577 lazyload\" alt=\"africanfashion m6\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africafashionweek.com\/newyork\/media01\/2014\/02\/africanfashion-m6.jpg\" width=\"490\" height=\"363\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s nothing like beautiful products for a lovely cause!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0You can pledge here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/742573202\/mamafrica-clutches-by-modahnik\">https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/742573202\/mamafrica-clutches-by-modahnik<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow Mamafrica on Instagram @: mamafricadesigns<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow MODAHNIK on Twitter @: Modahnik<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"afric-690816016\" class=\"afric-after-content afric-entity-placement\"><amp-ad width=300 height=250\r\n    style=\"text-align:center;\" type=\"doubleclick\"\r\n    data-slot=\"\/21718337565\/AMP-bottom\">\r\n  <div placeholder><\/div>\r\n  <div fallback><\/div>\r\n<\/amp-ad><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fashion designer Kahindo Mateene of MODAHNIK and non-profit organization MamAfrica (in Bukavu) collaborate on a line of clutches to raise funds for women of the Congo.\u00a0 Investing in these beautiful clutches will generate \u00a0funds that will ultimately create 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