Sewing kit

Your gift provides tailoring training and equipment for women to build businesses

When you give this gift, you're helping women learn tailoring, weaving, and embroidery skills through six months of training. After completing the course, women receive a start-up kit containing fabric, yarn, and equipment—everything needed to launch their own successful tailoring businesses and earn steady incomes.

"I previously believed that people couldn't learn something new in adulthood. But the last two years of my life have proved that this is not true." - Farkondeh*, Afghanistan

What your gift provides:

• Six months of tailoring training: Learning to tailor, weave, and embroider clothes with women of all ages
• Start-up business kit: Fabric, yarn, and equipment to launch a tailoring business
• Steady income: Ability to earn money and provide for families' futures
• Increased self-confidence: Empowerment through learning valuable trade skills
• Generational impact: Skills women can teach their daughters and pass on to communities

Why this makes the perfect gift:

• Perfect for friends and family who love sewing and getting creative
• A stitch in time saves nine—practical skills that transform lives
• Available as a postal card, eCard, or print-at-home option
• Meaningful gift for birthdays, Christmas, Mother's Day, Father's Day, and special occasions

Real impact for women in Afghanistan

Conflict, drought, and COVID-19 have caused displacement, unemployment, and food insecurity for women and girls across Afghanistan. Farkondeh* has first-hand experience of these challenges. She is the only worker in her family of nine.

Thanks to CAFOD's local partner, Farkondeh started learning to tailor, weave, and embroider clothes with a group of women of all different ages. After six months of hard work, she learnt tailoring and was given a start-up kit containing fabric and yarn. This allowed her to start her own business to boost her income and look after her family.

"Now, not only am I tailoring, but I have also taught my two daughters. I used my income to buy my daughters two sewing machines and together we are sewing clothes for local people, as well as for a nearby market," she says.

*Name changed to protect identity

Give the gift of a sewing kit today and help women build thriving businesses and brighter futures.

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