Hello Friends and Family,
We continue to feel gratitude as you enable us through your donations to empower the women at Buduburam Refugee Camp. We are presently focused on empowering women by teaching them how to sew. We have a wonderful teacher, Jackson who is gentle and patient. Thirty students will graduate on May 15th.after six months of training. If they decide to return to Liberia, we will need sewing machine donations. Returning to Liberia (where there is so little to return to) with a sewing machine will enable the women to begin their new life with some hope, as they look toward the future. The old fashioned, non-electric machines are the best. If you have your Grandmother's machine in your attic or basement, please consider contacting us. We may have a volunteer who is willing to carry a few machines to the camp this summer.
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| The Women of the Sewing Class! |
There are still plenty of African bags for sale and all proceeds are returned to the camp for our programs. Anna is selling the bags at Dartmouth College, and I am selling them in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. On April 11th. they will be available for purchase in Vermont. They are beautiful, bright colors and we have three different designs. Some are a kente cloth print and others are batik and 100% cotton. Here is a picture of (the real) kente cloth below on the right. These are small hand-woven strips that are also for sale.
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| Kente Cloth Samples |
And let's not forget about our night school where Mother Kou, Pauline and Joshua teach five nights a week. See photo below! These women are so proud to be in school. About 28 women are learning to read and write, and for the first time in the lives, many are able to write their names. Contact Sally at onesteponeworld@yahoo.com or 802-595-2432 if you would like more information or if you desire to schedule a presentation about the organizations work.
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Night School Women!
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