With the literacy classes on a break until January 2011, livelihood class in Basic Sewing 1 opened this month. The classes are divided between young teens and mothers who have been asking us to teach them this trade for quite some time now. Finally our first batch, is now learning after two sewing machines arrived at our center courtesy of a wonderful couple who gave us a gift of us$223.00.
In this part of Sabah, textile is not expensive but one has to pay us$11.00 or more to get a baju kurung sewn. Simple curtains and pillow cases fetch a hefty sewing price too. Imagine if you have 7 children you need to dress up for Hari Raya! I can understand why the mothers have been literally begging us for this class.
A sewing class so they could dress up their own kids to minimize their expenses? No sir! They are into making it a possible source of income too!
So each day now, its putting those feet to pedal- those fingers to guide and stitching back and forth.For now, it’s as simple as making a tuition bag for the kids come January opening.
Soon, hopefully we could accept your orders for baju kurung!
