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SND Clothing Design
Training Center

Through the SND Clothing Design Training Center, Daniel S. Nnaji implements practical skills-building initiatives for people with special needs — creating real pathways to economic independence through the art of garment design.

"Students gained knowledge that served as a real income — helping get them off the streets."
First Batch

The First Graduates

Certificates, industrial sewing machines and the ceremony that closed the Training Center's first intensive program — tap any photo to open the gallery.

Graduates of the SND Clothing Design Training Center's first batch holding their tailoring certificates with Daniel S. Nnaji at the graduation ceremony
First Batch · Graduated 24 February 2024

Delivered in partnership with local and international funding partners, the first cohort of the SND Clothing Design Training Center completed an intensive practical program in tailoring skills — theory, cutting, fitting and finishing.

Graduates left the ceremony with more than a certificate. Each received an industrial sewing machine, turning a newly learned craft into an immediate means of earning a living.

With thanks to His Worship Muhammad Krubally, Vice Chairman.

Second Batch

Twenty-Five More

Cutting, fitting, finishing and graduation — tap any photo to open the gallery.

SND Clothing Design second-batch tailoring graduates — persons with disabilities, with Heenoo International Foundation and the Gambia Federation of the Disabled
Second Batch · Graduated 19 June 2025

In collaboration with the Heenoo International Foundation, SND Clothing Design inaugurated a second batch of tailoring-skills training for twenty-five persons with disabilities — twenty-four women and one man.

This training ensures the independence, inclusion and self-employment of persons with disabilities. It also promotes respect for diversity, individual freedom, autonomy and choice for persons with disabilities in The Gambia.

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Batches Completed
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Established

Theory & Practice

Comprehensive garment design training — theory and practical skills for male and female fashion, from cutting to finishing.

Special Needs Focus

A supportive environment specifically for students with special needs, where every graduate receives the same professional standard of training.

Income Generation

Graduates leave with market-ready skills — enabling freelance tailoring, employment, and the foundation to build their own collections.

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