Another milestone at Mangwaneni CarePoint. We had 4 girls graduate from our first sewing skills training. Sphesihle Bhembe "Spay-see-sleigh Bim-bay"; Nontobeko Shabangu "Known-toe-bay-go Shah-bawn-goo"; Thembi Mncina "Tim-bee M(click)ee-nah" and Bongekile Dlamini who is in high school and could not attend the graduation because her new school is far away. We are working at all our CarePoints to develop ways to grow skills and values in the boys and girls that will help them succeed.
Diane Page, one of our newer and domestically talented missionaries, (I can barely sew let alone design a program) has been overseeing the project. Dudu "Doo-doo" is our actual sewing teacher at the CarePoint. Here you see them with one of our graduates.
We have learned a lot and the next class will have even more spiritual and practical applications to life beyond sewing. As you can see the girls did several projects over the course of their class. They also made placemats that we sold to team members that visited last year.
As part of their graduation they not only were awarded a certificate but a box with 2 meters of fabric, thread, ruler, pins, scissors and all the tools they need to start their own projects.
We had invited our proud parents to join in the celebration.
Now comes the learning on how to save and budget when you make money. We are very proud of our graduates and look forward to selling you some of the items they make when you come visit us in Swaziland!!!
2 comments:
That is awesome!!! Thank you for sharing! :-) Please give Thembi,Bongekile, and Nontobeko big hugs from me!
You all do such a great job! I love looking at the pictures to see what you do Sandra. I have not met you yet, but hope to meet you next time you are at Oasis. I keep you in my prayers and am in awe of what you do to help the children there. Blessings to you all! Karen
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