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H.E.L.P STUDENT OF THE WEEK #2

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               MEET ENITAN OSITELU       She is a final year student of computer science in the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Ogun State. She is a fashion designer and a model. Enitan started fashion designing in her second year out of a great hobby of arts and fashion which now is a foremost fashion art in Ogun state- HITTY Signature. Why fashion designing?  "Growing up, I was always very interested in dressing well so I would watch a lot of fashion shows, and I was inspired to start sketching even when I didn’t know how to sew .I find inspiration in almost everything – places, music, books, people. I became a designer because I love creating beautiful things". What were the challenges you faced starting up? "My biggest challenges were time, money, competition on price, management skills and availability of fabric and Design copy cats. Fashion is a business where you need money in every step, to make quality designs, to market it and promote it.&
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H.E.LP START-UP INITIATIVE Workshop in University Of Ilorin, June 22nd - June 23rd 2018. From left: Benson Egwu(member of HSN); Olympus Ade-Banjo(convener of H.E.L.P Foundation; Obafemi Obed and Obafemi Jesse (O'tim graphics Facilitators) and Toheeb Olabanji (member, HSN).  From left: Olympus Ade-Banjo (convener, H.E.L.P Foundation), the facilitators, Obafemi Obed and Obafemi Jesse; Olabanji Toheeb and the beneficiaries of the workshop in the photo shoot session.Excitement!!!