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NYAMIRA YOUNG WOMEN MINERS (NYWM) was established in 2020 as soapstone handicraft in Kisii County. The young group of women specializes in curving giant soapstone stones into beautiful arts like statues, vases, bowls and many more. Kisii soapstone is one of the most well- known handicrafts from East Africa. It is a labor-intensive process that uses little to no machinery. Instead, miners work with shovels, picks, axels, and machetes to dig out large soapstone chunks.