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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Poverty 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.

Activities

Through a tailoring class in Afghanistan or in a refugee camp in Pakistan, 30 women will learn to compute their families’ budget for clothes and savings from making their own clothes. Health, peace, and women’s rights lessons are also taught.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $2,466

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $2,466.  The original project funding goal was $2,466.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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