Workshop for Women: Skilled Hands
Workshop for Women: Skilled Hands
Workshop for Women: Skilled Hands
Workshop for Women: Skilled Hands
How Your Donation Transforms Lives

A woman sits at a sewing machine for the first time and goes home that evening with money she earned herself; her "What can I do?" gives way to a quiet "There is a great deal I can do."

Sixty women produce under their own names on a fair wage agreement, with every payment recorded in full.
The workshop reaches a capacity of over two thousand items a month, with returns held under one percent.
Twenty hours a week of childcare support and safe transport keep attendance steady and regular.
Each piece sells on the online storefront, packed and shipped to standard, at the woman's own price.
At the tip of the needle runs more than thread: the light in a child's eyes who sees a mother's work paid with respect.

Needs

Sewing and repair machines, cutting tables, an ironing station and a safe workshop space
Thread, bolts of fabric and repair materials for the first production runs
A coached training programme in cutting, stitching, quality and online selling
Childcare hours and logistics support for safe transport to the workshop
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Workshop for Women: Skilled Hands

The hum of a sewing machine becomes the first place a woman signs her own name again. In Gaza, one corner of the workshop we rented is still unpainted; yet the machines are in and the first bolts of cloth sit on the shelf. Our trainers buy the machine in your name, prepare the thread and the fabric, and sit beside her for weeks teaching the cut, the stitch and the online sale; every piece she makes is sold under her own name, at her own price. Sixty women sign a fair wage agreement, and childcare hours with safe transport keep their attendance steady. When the first order ships, a GPS stamped photo of the workshop and a short clip land in your account.

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