Empower 100 women in Zimbabwe with Sewing Skills!
Summary
100’s of young orphan women seek training at Batsiranai Sewing Group to gain employment and future stability. BSG needs your help to employ more women & build a new training & production facility.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
This project trains young adult orphan women in Zimbabwe with sewing skills so they can earn themselves a living. They make school uniforms for many schools and are the ‘local’s choice’ of dress maker! Now they are training & employing more women & building a production facility/showroom to cope with the demand. They give women a future stability that was previously unavailable! 50% of BSG’s income supports 15% operating costs of its associated orphanage, housing 60 aids / abandoned children.
Activities
BUILD a new sewing facility: Buy bricks, fixtures, equipment; employ builders TRAIN women - garment/product design, production & manufacture, accounting, business management, strategic planning, marketing & advertising, team building & management.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $4,453
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $45,547
Total Funding Goal: $50,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
The fulfillment of dreams of women in this generation & generations to come, giving them an access out of orphaned life & integration back into the community. The women of BSG fuel the local economy by local supply & demand now & for years to come.
Project Message
I dream to become the popular designer of the Masvingo Province. I wish if my parents were alive to see the gift, which they never knew I have.
- Loveness Mukwakwa, 22 years old, LCV Orphan & BSG Resources & Supplies manger
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Patricia Pegorer
Board Member
Flat 26
154 Goswell Road
London, EC1V7DX
United Kingdom
+447894553454
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Aid For Africa Down Under
PO BOX 3023 Redfern
Sydney,
NSW
2016
Australia
07894553454
http://www.afadu.com
Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Zimbabwe
and can also be found under 
Women and Girls.
For more information about Zimbabwe, read the Human Development Report on Zimbabwe or the Wikipedia entry for Zimbabwe.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on March 17, 2009
Latest Update from the Field
New machines .....and THANKS Ginell Jackson!
By Patricia Pegorer - Director - AFADU, July 21, 2009 07:51 PM
Just a short update from us!
Thanks to 2 very generous donors, BSG were able to buy 2 embroidery machines that will enable them fulfill a contract for making uniforms that need embroidered emblems.
here's a short note from Margaret Mutero, mother of 3 who works at BSG....
'It is our pleasure to express our thanks to AFADU for the highest efforts and sacrifices to make BSG’s dreams come true. We were so pleased to receive the two embroidery machines on the 15th of June 2009. At the present moment, we are busy collecting school LOGOS so that we can use the embroidery machines to make school badges, school T/shirts and sun-hats with school names and LOGOS. Mrs Chamuka already collected a LOGO from Hippo Valley Primary School in Chiredzi town. As a group we are going to start setting income targets to be met per month as from the beginning of July in order to increase production."
..and...A MASSIVE Thanks to........
... Ginell Jackson who found us on Global Giving. She has chosen to donate a percentage of sales of her tote bags that she sells through Etsy www.loveyourbag.etsy.com
Am kind of in shock about some peoples generosity.
JUST AMAZING!
Finally - please do be in touch if you want to know anything specific about BSG and the project.
Thanks for your support.
Trish
www.afadu.com
....BSG FUNDING GOAL....
Total Funding Received to Date: £2,299
Remaining Goal to be Funded: £32,716
Total Funding Goal: £35,015
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