Stitching Hope is the fabric arts and sewing center that will train and equip women to combine the artistic skills of fabric art with the utilitarian skills of sewing to provide jobs for up to 30 women...AND WE'RE BREAKING GROUND!!!
Women have been trained, some projects have already
 begun, and now we are starting on the building! The project transitioned from starting from scratch in a field to deconstructing and rebuilding in the center of the commercial area in the community of Chacraseca. The new building will be in a great location and it will be a great space for the women.
Here are pictures of the major first steps and hard work many people have put in to help get Stitching Hope on its way...
 
We are on a very tight budget but a recent, very generous donation means that we have the funds we need to complete the building's exterior. Depending on weather and such, we hope to have the building up by October. The next step will be funding the interior...
In the meantime, the women continue to stitch and hope!
WAYS YOU CAN PARTICIPATE!
Come to Chacraseca to teach sewing techniques! (email Leslie)
Donate good, used sewing machines, sewing notions, and cotton fabrics (see list).
Donate funds:
$25 provides project supplies
$100 pays for one woman to attend a three-day training
$250 will provide & equip a cutting table in the new center
$500 provides a used Pfaff Sewing Machine
$1000 will help begin the next phase of the building
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We can do far more together
than any of us can do alone! |
