Programme Action Award update

Since being presented with our winner’s certificate at Harrogate Conference by Federation President Margaret, we are delighted to update you on how our Sewing Bee global network has grown!

Another update!!  Club member Dishi is travelling with Gill and Rose to Sierra Leone to see the Kori Project first hand!!  This trip of 10 members takes place in October 2017.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Destination                                        Partner         

Kenya                                                Woking Hospice                 30 dresses

Burkino Faso                                     Les Amis                            100 dresses, 50 teddies and dolls

Cameroon                                         SI Kaarst                            100 dresses, 50 shorts, 120 filled pencil cases

Sierra Leone Kori Project                  SI Thames Valley              140 dresses, 55 teddies and dolls

Lusaka, Zambia                                Baraka                                50 dresses, 10 skirts for ladies and 20 teddies and dolls

Pune, India Seema’s project             SI Dundee                          24 dresses, 23 shorts and 28 T shirts

Not only do we have that ‘warm glow’ that we have made a very small difference to a country but a very big difference to a child, the sewing bee gives us a chance to chat and laugh and support each other in an informal way.

 

If you would like to know more about how amazing it is to be part of the largest global service organisation, please email dishi.attwood@aol.com