In my last post, I spoke about the maternal generation of women in Sri Lanka that we had the pleasure of meeting. Since that posting, I have received Nicla on the left Great Grandmother passed away in late 2017. I recently received this photo below which includes Rocelin (2nd from the right) who passed away in 2017. She was the eldest member of these descendants.
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| Nicla, Dishna, Rocelin and Mercy. |
Now back working on my manuscript the above photo brings to mind that I am unable to insert similar or images of my Maori maternal ascendants. Over time I have only seen one of father's mother, Keita and Koro Tere. The whereabouts of this photo remain unknown. Therefore, I will need to be creative and sensitive to this while working with the material gathered.
After our visit to Oscar and Dishna’s they transported us to a small garment manufacturer in the same village. What an opportunity to see first-hand how this business ran its operations which employs local women and men.
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| Viti meeting employees |
Sureka, the supervisor of this workforce was generous with her information and informed that their products are distributed to local and export markets. Their workforce consists of 20-23 employees which include trainees. Sureka has been with the company for 16 years. The opportunity did arise to speak first-hand with the companies Manager/Owner.
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| Sureka, Dishna and Viti |
I look forward to sharing updates as I progress through my manuscript in the coming weeks and months ahead.
Take care in the interim.
Viti
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