Select Jishike handbags are now avaiable at the Rowe Boutique in the Short North of Columbus, Ohio. Visit Rowe online at www.roweboutique.com or in the Short North at 718 North High Street, Columbus, OH 43215.

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Within two months, Sinead Fyda traded a Madison Avenue office for a classroom with a dirt floor, no water, no electricity – and six desks for 80 kindergartners.

She had quit a stressful job at Ralph Lauren in New York to embark on a three-week volunteer teaching trip to Tanzania – a refreshing break, she hoped, from a seven-year career as a buyer in the demanding fashion industry.

Yet, in the rural village of Rau near Mount Kilimanjaro, sleeping under mosquito nets and bathing with cold water were proving to be more overwhelming as a lifestyle.

She would try to teach math by counting rocks and tracing numbers in the dirt, frustrated almost to tears as she flipped through a book of Swahili phrases.

Jean Greige blogged about Jishike in her post about fashion.

Today’s real “talky” part of the blog is about Jishike, a line of bags founded by Ralph Lauren alum Sinead Fyda. While volunteering at a school in Tanzania, East Africa, Fyda became inspired to work with local women outside of the classroom in an effort to dramatically improve the quality of life for them and their children. By teaching 25 of these women how to sew and craft stunning bags in a variety of shapes and sizes, Fyda was able to provide their families with sustainable income, manifesting in electricity for their homes and a greater contribution towards their children’s educations.

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Looking for bridesmaids gifts that are special? Want to give your best friends a gift they will treasure, while making a positive impact on the world?

These handmade bags from Jishike Social Couture are just the thing. Not only are they cute purses that make a fashion statement, but they directly benefit the women in Africa who hand-crochet them.

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A unique selection of Jishike Social Couture handbags are also available at Knitting Temptations retail store and online shopping boutique.

See Sinead’s bio on the 2011′s 20 Outstanding Women You Should Know! website.

Read the Sunny 95 magazine article on Jishike Founder, Sinead Fyda.

Emily Macleod featured Jishike in the Verve Magazine. Click here to read the full article.

Pink Tank has featured an article about Jishike on their shareworthy blog.

Jishike bags were featured on the fashion blog The Insider Source. For more details check out the article at http://www.theinsidesource.com/article/fashion/trendlet-alert-crochet