Refugee and Immigrant-Owned Business Coupon Book Spotlight: Part 4
Delicate Veil
Delicate Veil is a veil and embroidery business owned by Dina Boichuk, a Ukrainian refugee. Before the outbreak of COVID-19, Dina was resettled in the Cleveland area by US Together. Dina has extensive experience sewing and embroidering. In Ukraine, she studied fashion and design in addition to working as a seamstress. Using this experience, Dina was able to launch Delicate Veil, her Cleveland-based embroidery and veil business. Dina does beautiful embroidery work on wedding dresses and veils and enjoys sharing her passion with the Cleveland area.
Christian Amuli Photography
Christian Amuli Photography is the success story of Christian Amuli, a refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The mission of this refugee-owned business is to provide high-quality, affordable photography services to immigrants and refugees in the Cleveland area. This mission grew from Christian's observation that refugee and immigrant populations in the Cleveland area were having difficulty finding affordable photography services. Christian Amuli Photography offers various photography services for clients, including wedding/engagement photography, modeling/fashion shoots, maternity/newborn shoots, family shoots, portraits, kids' photos, and graduation photos. Christian is also skilled in high-quality photo editing, which he offers to all clients. Above all, Christian values his client relationships and always aims to provide high-quality images which clients can treasure for years to come.
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Fashion by Ramazani
Fashion by Ramazani is a tailoring business run by Ramazani Songolo, a refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo. He came to the United States in September 2020 to join his wife and two children, who have been living in the Cleveland area for the last nine years.
Ramazani has been tailoring for many years. Before coming to the United States, he sewed in Africa and is thrilled to continue sewing here in Cleveland. Ramazani finds working in general very fulfilling and likes making additional income from the sewing work he does.
Ramazani’s wife also enjoys sewing, and they worked as a team on some small African bags sold as part of US Together’s holiday boxes last year, which featured refugee artisans. Ramazani is also one of the featured entrepreneurs in US Together’s holiday boxes this year. The family is very grateful they can share their sewing skills with the greater Cleveland community and thankful that this can help them.