Tailoring: A Small-Business Skill for Afghan Women
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Share & SaveMore Information About this ProjectProject Needs and BeneficiariesPoverty remains widespread in Afghanistan’s struggling economy. Refugees returning home have found their livelihoods destroyed. Widows are especially vulnerable to unemployment and poverty. In order to help widows and other women who would like to learn a skill that they can use to support themselves and their children, CHI and its project partner began tailoring classes, which now serve over 500 women per month. These classes teach women to sew a wide variety of clothing from patterns. ActivitiesDuring the 6-month tailoring course, women learn to compute their budget for clothes and savings from making their own clothes. They learn to make a variety of clothes from patterns. Health, peace, and women’s rights lessons are also taught. Funding InformationTotal Funding Received to Date: $2,842 Additional DocumentationThis project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc). ResourcesWhy this Project is ImportantPotential Long Term ImpactWomen learn to save money they would have spent on clothes to purchase a sewing machine and start a small business. Course graduates sew their families’ clothes, start a home-based business, and/or become sewing teachers. Project Message
In the beginning, I didn’t know anything about tailoring but now I know everything. I can sew clothes for others and earn money. I can solve our economical problems. AIL’s sewing course is the best. Who is Running This ProjectContact
Toc Dunlap, Project SponsorOrganization
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For more information about Afghanistan, read the Human Development Report on Afghanistan or the Wikipedia entry for Afghanistan. When this Project was UpdatedLast UpdatedThis project was last updated on August 22, 2008. Date Added to GlobalGivingThis project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on September 01, 2005. Latest Update from the FieldStories to ShareBy Alison Hendry - Administrative Assistant, August 22, 2008 12:37 PM One success story illustrating how the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL) not only trains women to support themselves but also empowers them to be leaders in their communities comes from one of AIL’s sewing and tailoring training courses in Herat. Parima was a student in one of AIL’s WLCs in Herat Province. Since completing the course, she has established her own business sewing garments and is earning a good income. Because Parima’s village didn’t have a center, Parima began training women and girls in tailoring. She is now working in conjunction with AIL and when Parima’s students complete her course they will be allowed to take AIL’s final sewing exam. After successfully completing the exam, the students will be awarded with a certificate from AIL. Read 5 more "Updates from the Field" | Comment on this update How Else You Can HelpSpread the Word on your Profile, Blog, or WebsitePut a widget for this project on your profile, blog or website to turn your friends into givers. Using our widget, it's quick and easy to add this widget to your profile or blog! Get this widget on: |
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