These are the same women who showed up every morning to cook breakfast for 60 children. They weren’t recruited. They saw a need and stepped forward. They asked for aprons and shoes so they could serve with dignity.
Now they have something else: a seat in a sewing school. Twenty women at a time train for 15 months. The Colombian government provides trained instructors, certification, and insurance. When a woman finishes, she holds a certified seamstress credential — a government-recognized qualification that can get her work she couldn’t have applied for before.
She can sew for her family. She can take jobs in nearby cities. She can earn a living that belongs to her. When her class finishes, the machines stay for the next group of women.
$83 keeps one woman in the program for a full month — enrollment, materials, childcare, transportation, and lunch. Her seat is open right now.