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. progress report read updates from the field

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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

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

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

Patricia Pegorer

Organisation

Aid For Africa Down Under
PO BOX 3023 Redfern
Sydney, NSW 2016
Australia
07894553454
http://www.afadu.com

Learn more about Aid For Africa Down Under and the project team.

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 September 28, 2011.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on March 17, 2009.

Latest Update from the Field

BSG training certificates & AFADU re-laucnhes their newsletter - COME ALIVE!! Enjoy!

By Trish Pegorer - Director - AFADU, January 27, 2011 05:00 PM

The idea cropped up not long ago that the team at BSG could very much do with additional training since their full time mentor left the village. So, here is a short note from Margret updating on the recent attendee of the the 2 week training programs for 4 of the BSG team....also its was very touching that their thoughts are with our victims of the floods here in Australia.

This is the letter from Margaret.

We hope and pray that all people who were affected will get help. It is very disturbing to see people loosing what you have worked for because of floods. BSG is still staggering but we are trying. The girls enjoyed their course they will get certificates I think in august. They have to go again in April. They are all fine with lots of confidence and motivation. Lots of love from the group. Margret

On another note, Margaret did announce that she is marrying her 'husband' Crispin in June. This is a significant step as although they have already declared that they are husband and wife and do have 2 children, weddings are reserved for when and only when the couple can afford it....hence some couples never officially get married. So it was thrilling to find out that Crispin & Margaret will marry in June this year. CONGRATULATIONS from all of us at AFADU. Margaret is such an integral part in moving BSG forward not to mention her key role as the supervisor (and super-woman!) of Lirhanzo Childrens Village in general.

An exciting note from AFADU....we have resurrected our newsletter ' Come Alive'. So please enjoy our re-launch Summer Issue.

Many thanks for your support.

Trish

ww.afadu.com

Links:

For more information, go to our website.

Attachments:

COME ALIVE - AFADU Newsletter (PDF)

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