Just a short walk from the slums ‘Come, Let’s Dance’ has opened a sew shop for ladies to try to make money to support their families. The women arrive early in the morning, are provided breakfast and lunch and can bring their children along with them. They are compensated on a per item basis. They make aprons, uniforms, beaded necklaces from paper, etc. Ideally it would be nice if they could get contracts with local schools to provide uniforms, but they are not consistent enough with producing goods. Currently the sew shop is not fully self-sustaining, but the hope is that eventually it will be!
They attempted to show Tanya & I how to make the paper beads. It appeared easy. But, we found out that it takes a lot of time to make just one bead that is perfectly symmetrical and balanced. The ladies were so very patient, gracious and helpful!
A couple days later we helped bring three of the children (Julius, Johannie and Hannah) from the Mercy Children’s Home to stay with their mother who lives in the slums and works in the sew shop. Hopefully they will eventually be reunited permanently.
They attempted to show Tanya & I how to make the paper beads. It appeared easy. But, we found out that it takes a lot of time to make just one bead that is perfectly symmetrical and balanced. The ladies were so very patient, gracious and helpful!
A couple days later we helped bring three of the children (Julius, Johannie and Hannah) from the Mercy Children’s Home to stay with their mother who lives in the slums and works in the sew shop. Hopefully they will eventually be reunited permanently.
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