Blessing Eze

Creative Director @Belladonald Designs

London, GB

What do you do at Belladonald Designs?I produce art and craft products, like hats, cane chairs, raffia bunch bags and accessories. My passion in hatmaking, canechairs, raffia bunch bags and accessories takes precedence over financial gain as it is centered around inspiring and training youths and young adults in various skillsets that would enable them to stand out.I have employed these skills into training Junior Secondary School leavers in 2018 in one of the secondary schools in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.In August 2018, i and my team trained over 100 Rivers Angels\' Footballers and successfully distributed our well scripted handbook on hat/fascinator making.From June-November 2019, I trained the National Youth Service Corps members Batch B and C Stream I & II in Kaduna orientation camp during Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurial Development program (SAED) on hatmaking/fascinators.With the combined impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, I conducted a virtual training where I taught over 35 Redeemed Christian Church of God members in Lagos, specifically women, on how to produce hats and fascinators from the comfort of their homes “without breaking the bank”. I am a self motivated entrepreneur with a good communication, leadership, time management, entrepreneurial skills.

Coventry University

Master's degree

University of Port Harcourt

Bachelor of Arts - BA