On Wednesday we had our first sewing class in Los Higos. About five students came along with about ten spectators. The class is being taught voluntarily by Maribel, a lady from the community. She goes to town about twice a week to take a sewing class there, to refresh herself, and will be teaching twice a week as well. It's been so exciting to see how willing she has been to put a lot into this class already.
The girls are learning to sew with pedal machines, so the first classs was spent mostly trying to get the rythm of pedaling. We do have a few electric machines, as well, but most of the time we don't have electricity in the afternoons, anyway. I'm thinking about purchasing a small generator to be used for this class and also for Andre's activities.
In the top picture, Maribel is trying to show Yoba how to move the paper in order to control where she is stitching. The bottom photo is an example of the spectators.
1 comment:
is that Mari pregnant in the photo???
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