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From the Dec. 1999 Newsletter
In April of 1997, Ana Morales de Garcete, the mother of six sponsored
children (5 girls and a boy) and a certified seamstress from Puerto This past May of 1998, Sheri Bitzan, PPP director,made contact with a large clothing factory in downtown Asuncion. The owner of the factory, Anna Fadlala, was impressed with women from the sewing project and is taking their applications for jobs. This job opportunity provides ongoing sewing instructions. |
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Over
the past five years, PPP has received large donations from the Ninos del Paraguay
organization, raised mainly from the summer picnic they have every year. In 1997
Ninos raised funds enabling PPP to purchase ten sewing machines.
Pabla, held an information meeting to introduce a four month sewing class.
Sixteen women from the PPP Sponsorship Program attended this first meeting. On May 1st the
first class began as part of a training program to teach women to make blankets and
clothing for their own use and for profit. At this time 13 sponsored mothers have now
"graduated" from the sewing class and are busy sewing school uniforms for the
sponsored children.