The Problem

Estefania never had a job in her life, which was fine when she was married, but when her husband suddenly died, she found herself a widow in a very difficult position. How was she going to provide for her 6 children without any skills or experience?

Ana was in an abusive relationship, so when she fled with her 3 children she needed a way to support herself, but every business she tried didn't succeed. What could she do now?

Luisa is another widow with a very low level of education, which made it very hard to either get a job or keep even a simple tomato stand running effectively. How could she put her 5 kids through school without a steady income?

The Solution

Handouts of food or money might help women like this in the short-term, but is there a better way? Is there a way to raise them out of poverty permanently?

The Restoring Hope sewing school says yes! We enroll women like Estefania, Ana, and Luisa, and we teach them a marketable skill, how to manage a successful business, give them a healthy community where they are loved and accepted, and provide a path forward that restores them from the inside out.

The Need

The stories above represent just 3 of the thousands of women in our community who need a hand up. While the school does sell products these ladies make, we are still working toward total financial sustainability. In order to pay rent and our staff and teachers' salaries, we depend on the generous donations of people around the world who believe in empowering women to change a nation.

When you contribute to this effort, YOU get to be part of the story of these ladies’ permanent transformation!

A New Opportunity

We were blessed to receive the donation of an industrial embroidery machine that was a huge blessing to us for years, but when we moved office buildings we now have nowhere to put it. Please consider donating to help us renovate a wing on the sewing school building to make it possible to start running it again! Being able to create beautiful embroidered products and do jobs like uniforms help us keep the school running.

These are some of the types of products we want to be able to make again!

“When you empower a man, you empower an individual.

When you empower a woman, you empower a generation.”

-African Proverb

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