Guatemala Needs

For my trip to Guatemala in just one month, I will be taking 25 girls' kits and 12 sewing kits. We need donations of new sewing scissors, thread, needles, seam rippers, and washable thin tip markers. A donation of several hand snap presses would be REALLY appreciated to be left at the Lutheran Center in Guatemala City and used when the women come in to sew, as well as the actual snaps! (See here) I will be teaching women how to sew the pads and liners by hand, and I also have a pattern that I made for underwear that I can share with them.

May 2013 Update

Exciting things happening in Georgia! Remember those 40 kits we sent to Ethiopia? They have been VERY well received and we got a wonderful email from the woman who distributed them. Not only were the girls grateful and appreciative, the organization distributing them is interested in setting up a DISTRIBUTION POINT in Ethiopia! Yay! Good work team Georgia and Puerto Rico! Man Up for Girls is coming along VERY WELL. We now have the following activities planned: puppet show, yoga class, self-defense class, facepainting, do-it-yourself pottery, and a bouncy house! Meals will be served for $5/plate, but dads eat free. Join us if you are in the area- Lutheran Church of the Messiah, 465 Clairemont Ave, Decatur GA 30030, Sunday June 16th, 12:30pm. I will be leaving for Guatemala the VERY NEXT DAY. We are holding a drive at Messiah to collect washcloths for kits. I will be taking 25 kits to the girls and then 12 sewing kits to the women I will be teaching. The Uganda trip begins August 12, and I will be taking NINETY kits! So get out your scissors and sewing machines and get to work!