Three mornings a week, in a garage in Sana’a.
Free training for women who have no access to formal education, so they can build a small enterprise and an income for their families and themselves.
A morning in class
Jewelry making
with Jamila · paused for nowBasic sewing
with HalimaA tray with tiny cups of tea and water on one end of the long wooden table, two sewing machines on the other. New courses run for six weeks.
What happens around the table
01 Learning from scratch
Students enhance their skills or learn how to sew from the very beginning.
02 Designing dresses
According to their own taste, for their children or for themselves.
03 Making jewelry
Necklaces and earrings. This class is paused for now.
Both Halima and Jamila are very strict in fulfilling their agenda and in keeping their students committed. So far, the dropout rate has been marginal.
Beyond the needle.
- Basic computingPlanned
- ReadingPlanned
- EnglishPlanned
Classes on top of the handicraft workshops, provided there are computers, curricula and teachers.
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