One of the women making a children's soft toy block
Kirsten and Lori working on a purse pattern
Showing the leaders how we want the baby bib to look...
Today we went with Peace to meet the women at the sewing cooperative that we will be working with. They welcomed us in song and dance and then introduced themselves to us. Even now as I type it brings tears to my eyes to think about all their stories of how this program has completely changed their lives. They are all so talented and full of potential and just need the opportunity to grow. Nobel Peace Prize Winner Muhammed Yunus said,
"Poor people are a like bonsai tree, a little tree. You pick the seed of the tallest tree in the forest and take the best seed out of it, and plant it in a flower pot. You get a tiny little tree, we call it a bonsai. Nothing wrong with the seed, you've got the best seed possible. Nothing wrong with the tree, because you actually picked the tallest tree in the forest. But actually it grows [small]... why? Because we put them in the flower pot. The base. Society is the base. And society is so stingy it doesn't give the poor ppl the space to grow..."
These women have all the brain power and will to do what needs to be done, but no where to grow. We are hoping we can make that flower pot a bit bigger by opening up a US market to them. They were very excited about the designs we showed them. We kinda are too! (-:
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