For 20 years the Medway & Maidstone Soroptimist club, in partnership with SI club of Accra, Ghana has been helping men and women in Ghana get employment to support their families. These vibrant blue and yellow sashes are hand woven using the traditional Kente method specially for the Soroptimist club. 
Medway & Maidstone club sell the sashes internationally to other Soroptimist clubs.
The Ghanaian weavers are paid for the materials plus a small profit. From the sales, a small profit is made which is shared between the Soroptimist club of Accra, and the Medway & Maidstone club.
In Medway & Maidstone the profits raised have been used to support Women’s refuges, food and hygiene banks.
In Ghana, in a School for the Blind, equipment has been refurbished. 
When that was completed, funds were used to build a library for a cluster of schools in a deprived area in Accra. Profits are now being used to keep the library up-to-date.