Jacmel Sewing School
Jacmel, Haiti
July 2014
To kick off the opening of our new sewing school, we gave away 20 sewing kits to women in the neighborhood. The kits were filled with used needles, scissors, threads, straight pins, old seam binding and all of those extra buttons we find on our new clothing that seem to disappear when we need them. The women opened the kits with the excitement of christmas morning. They were told they could keep the kits but they couldnt believe what they were hearing. They asked the translator question after question.
"We can take them home".
"Oui".
"We dont have to bring them back?"
"Oui".
"Just for us?"
"Oui."
They broke out in cheers and chanted, "Merci, merci, merci."
Jacmel, Haiti
July 2014
To kick off the opening of our new sewing school, we gave away 20 sewing kits to women in the neighborhood. The kits were filled with used needles, scissors, threads, straight pins, old seam binding and all of those extra buttons we find on our new clothing that seem to disappear when we need them. The women opened the kits with the excitement of christmas morning. They were told they could keep the kits but they couldnt believe what they were hearing. They asked the translator question after question.
"We can take them home".
"Oui".
"We dont have to bring them back?"
"Oui".
"Just for us?"
"Oui."
They broke out in cheers and chanted, "Merci, merci, merci."
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