Cottage Industries

New Cottage Industries Update

I got feedback from the 3 pastors who started their “house stores” and they are all doing great and all were on time with their “first payment”.  Two other pastors are still researching out their projects and waiting for the right time to start.  One will be growing cucumbers and the other doing some better coffee raising methods to increase his coffee harvest for next year.

Sewing Machine Update

We had 3 of our students that took a machine home, that want to receive some further training, plus 4 new students that wanted to begin learning.  We are beginning classes again in February.  Every Friday we will have classes to try to provide the necessary training to help these people move forward from where they are now.  The hope will be that the 4 new students get to the point of using their machines well enough to take home their own machine and begin a “home cottage industry” to help their family’s economics.  Some of those who have taken their machines home already are doing very well but want to learn to do some more advanced pieces of clothing, such as men’s shirts.  Both the Beginners Class and the Intermediate Class will run simultaneously.