Sewing Project
Rationale behind JWOC’s Sewing Project
One of the central tenets of JWOC’s mission in South East Asia is to provide people with opportunities to improve their lives that they would not be able to access under normal circumstances. Providing people, who have the enthusiasm to learn but lack the resources, with free access to education is therefore one of the primary goals we strive to fulfill. With the opening of the JWOC Community Center in Siem Reap in May 2009, JWOC has been given the potential to considerably expand the variety of educational opportunities it can offer to members of the local community. Vocational training to provide people with the skills they need to improve their chances of finding employment, or indeed to start their own businesses, is one of the main areas where JWOC wants to expand. The first step in this expansion has been the creation of vocational courses in sewing.
January - April 2010 - JWOC vocational sewing course: In our most recent sewing course, we decided to combine the basic and the intermediate courses into one 14 week course to provide more continuity for the students. We have also introduced some exciting new aspects to the course which you can read about in the report below. Once again we would like to thank Janet and Allen Johnson for all of their support for JWOC and for making this course possible.
December 2009-January 2010 - JWOC vocational sewing course: The end of 2009 marked the graduation of twelve of our sewing students through JWOC's Intermediate course. On Christmas day many people turned out to celebrate their achievement and watch them receive their certificates and learn a little more about the sewing course. JWOC would like to say a big thank you to Janet and Allen Johnson, whose very generous sponsorship made this opportunity possible for this group of students. The new year has seen the beginning of another course with a new group of twelve students starting out.
We are delighted to announce the completion of our second sewing course at JWOC. To read about it click here!
JWOC's first course (June-July 2009)
Read the report by clicking HERE.
