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 <strong>HELP EQUIP THE KENYA JEWELLERY ACADEMY: CUTTING GEMSTONES AT THE SOURCE AND MANUFACTURING JEWELLERY </strong>
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 We are raising funds to send essential gemstone-cutting and jewellery-manufacturing equipment to the Kenya Jewellery Academy in Machakos, strengthening its lapidary and jewellery training department.
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 Robin Girling of Selini Jewellery is leading this initiative and, over the past three years, has developed direct relationships with the Academy, local mines and the trainees. <strong>The aim is to help a minority community in Machakos develop specialist skills to cut and add value to precious gemstones at their source.</strong>
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 Kenya has abundant gemstone resources, but many young people entering the industry lack access to the equipment, teaching staff and facilities needed to develop professional lapidary and jewellery-making skills. By providing this equipment and training,<strong> we can create local employment opportunities</strong> and<strong> keep more of the value generated by Kenya’s natural resources within the country</strong>.
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 Robin has already invested significant time, equipment, training and expertise into developing the Academy and its relationships with local mines. He continues to support graduates by commissioning gemstone cutting, <strong>giving them practical commercial experience and helping them develop opportunities to trade their work internationally.</strong>
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 With Kenya’s upcoming mandatory value-addition requirements for gemstones, building local cutting and manufacturing capacity is becoming increasingly important. <strong>This project will help ensure that trainees have the practical resources they need to develop these skills and build sustainable livelihoods within the gemstone industry.</strong>
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 Jewellers have already generously donated used and surplus equipment, which we are bringing together to send to Machakos in a shipping container. Robin has supplied many of the essential lapidary items, while the fundraising will help cover additional equipment and associated costs.
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 Items required include, but are not limited to:
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 * Saw frames and blades
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 * Pickle pots
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 * Polishing machines, wheels and pads
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 * Polishing and emery papers
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 * Fume extractor
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 * Ultrasonic cleaner
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 * Smelting crucible
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 * Stone-setting tools, including gravers and burnishers
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 * Flex-shaft machines
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 * Drill bits and files
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 * Stone-setting ball vice
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 * Thermoloc
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 * Microscope
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 Every contribution will help put professional equipment directly into the hands of people learning to fabricate jewellery and cut gemstones at their source.
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 We will share regular updates from the Academy on Instagram, so supporters can follow the project's progress and see the difference their contributions are making.
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 Thank you for supporting the Kenya Jewellery Academy, the Machakos community and the next generation of skilled gemstone cutters and jewellers.
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Just £530 to go!
Make an impact.

Help Equip Kenya Academy: Cutting Gemstones at source

Just £530£ to go! Make an impact.

Help Equip Kenya Academy: Cutting Gemstones at source

Just £530 to go!
Make an impact.