About Tendance Wear

My name is Tiemoko, and I am proud to be from the stunning country of Mali, in North Western Africa. While I am proud of my heritage, Mali is not without problems. It is ranked as the second poorest country in the world, with literacy standing at a mere 31%. While I was among those fortunate enough to start my education in Mali, I was beyond fortunate that my father had a job that brought around the world to be educated in many of the finest systems in existence. Ultimately, I was lucky enough to move almost 7000 miles away to California, so I could pursue higher education and get an amazing job that most from my motherland couldn’t even dream of. Still their struggle has stayed in my mind through all of the benefits I have received and all of the privileges I am surrounded with. I needed to find a way to make a difference for the future generations of the people of Mali, so I started to study the source of the problem, and the findings shocked me. A lack of opportunity breeds poverty. That’s not a shock, but being unemployable breeds breeds that lack of opportunity. And not being able to read is one of the major factors that leads to people being unemployable. Here’s the shocking part though: The extremely low literacy rate in Mali is NOT due to the lack of willingness to attend school, and in urban areas, it's not even a lack of schools, but the lack of school supplies. Tendence Wear is committed to do its part in helping providing just that.Read their story