Pillar 01

Shiyenze Education Fund

Creating Access · Supporting Education · Investing in Possibility

The Shiyenze Education Fund was born from a deeply personal journey. For our founder, Roselyne Shiyenze, education was something she deeply desired — but pursuing it came with enormous challenges. She understood firsthand what it meant to have the ambition to learn and build a better future while facing the financial barriers that can make education feel out of reach.

That journey became part of the foundation upon which Shiyenze was built.

Today, as Shiyenze grows, we believe our growth should create opportunities for others. A portion of proceeds from Shiyenze Fashion supports the Shiyenze Education Fund, allowing our customers to become part of that story with every purchase.

Each year, the Fund awards education grants through trusted organizations we work with in Kenya’s Western Region. Our grants are intended to help students meet essential educational needs — including school fees, learning materials, and other education-related expenses.

We believe that a student’s desire to learn should not be limited by their ability to pay. Our approach is simple: we may not be able to remove every barrier to education, but every year, we can help remove a barrier for someone.

Education helped shape our founder’s journey. Shiyenze grew from that journey. And now, through the Shiyenze Education Fund, we are creating a circle of opportunity — investing a portion of what we build back into the education of others. As Shiyenze grows, we hope the Fund will grow with us, reaching more students, supporting more dreams, and opening more doors.

Every purchase becomes part of something bigger.

Pillar 02

A Fresh Horizon

Upcycled Fabrics · Thoughtful Design · New Meaning

At Shiyenze, we believe beautiful materials deserve another chapter.

We incorporate upcycled fabrics and existing textiles into our creative process, transforming them through thoughtful design and craftsmanship into pieces with new meaning, a new look, and a fresh horizon.

For us, upcycling is both an environmental choice and a creative practice. By reimagining materials that already exist, we extend their life while allowing their history and character to become part of something entirely new.

The result is often distinctive, limited, and one-of-a-kind — shaped not only by our designs, but by the materials themselves.

Old fabric. New meaning. A fresh horizon.

Pillar 03

Local Economies

Made Within Our Communities · Brooklyn & Nairobi

Shiyenze believes fashion can create opportunity beyond the finished garment.

Across Brooklyn and Nairobi, we work with local artisans and makers, creating employment and income opportunities while supporting the skills and craftsmanship within the communities where we operate.

Whenever possible, our products, fabrics, materials, and other production needs are sourced locally — allowing more of what we invest in creating Shiyenze pieces to circulate within local communities.

From the hands that make our pieces to the businesses that supply our materials, we believe in building relationships that contribute to stronger local creative economies.

Made locally. Crafted with purpose. Growing together.