A Sewing Co-op For Casa de Piedra

A new Sewing Co-op was started int he village of Casa de Piedra. We were thrilled to find so many ladies willing to learn the art of sewing. The ladies eagerly lapped up the instruction and proudly showed off their many completed projects. Their smiling faces said it all after each class. They enjoyed a party on the last day where each of the participants received a diploma. COMMIT hired workers to install rebar to secure a spot for the ladies to sew, as well as donated many sewing machines, material etc. Our hope is to return in the Fall to check up on the co-op and teach some new skills. Thanks Kim Neeb and Wynne Ross for your hours of work before the trip, preparing for the sewing projects, as well as for sharing your sewing skills with these ladies. This will potentially provide these ladies with an income to help support their families.

Sewing in San Luis

We were excited that the people in San Luis are able to use the addition built on their community centre for their sewing project. The teaching provided by Cindy Otten and Mary Shean in 2018 has been a huge success. Our team visited with the San Luis sewing co-op this year and did a project with the ladies. The are talented sewers and were excited to do a project together with us.

Sewing News Update

The sewing Co-Ops that we started in our adopted villages are progressing nicely, especially in the village of San Luis. The ladies in San Luis meet 4x a week to sew together. These 13 dedicated women were sharing 3 sewing machines. This year they received a couple more sewing machines and enough fabric to sew 50 school uniforms, as well as scissors, thread and other material. We hope to bring them more machines when we go again. The maternity house also received a new machine so that the women can sew baby clothes while they await the delivery of their child.