sewing Archives

Refugee women learn independence, sewing one STITCH at a time

Posted May 25th, 2017

Peals of laughter and lively chatter mingled with the whirring and humming of busy sewing machines in the small, makeshift classroom that STITCH volunteers and students now call their temporary hom

Business is growing for Somali refugee women’s project supported by SDOP

Posted November 14th, 2016

Business is looking good for a group of Somali refugee women seeking to support their families in Columbus, Ohio. The group is part of the Capital Park Women’s Empowerment Project, working to give low income women an opportunity to forge their own path and market their business.

African Family Support Group learns English, sewing thanks to grant

Posted May 13th, 2015

by Rhonda Lakatos, Chairperson Tri-Presbytery SDOP Committee (San Jose, San Francisco, Redwoods Presbyteries) and Clara Nunez The African Family Support group project was born out of the African Community Health… Read more »