By Ana Maria Leon | Director
Community skills development looks at how you can help and empower local people to understand how their skills and knowledge can be enhanced and improve their lifestyle.
Over the last three months we’ve worked with Leonidas Plaza community to explore the skills that exist in the community and how these can be strengthen through new tools that our volunteers offer through the workshops.
We have a range of workshops including campaigns about preventive measures against natural disasters and tools to put into practice.
On February 10 we dictated a sewing course for the female community, where they learned step by step how to assemble molds and pieces of clothing.
On February 17, they received a preventive talk by the Fire Department of Manabi. The community also learned about practical safety tips such as putting packing tape on the windows, to prevent them from breaking. They were warned that they must remain inside the structures for the duration of the earthquake. In addition, videos were presented about the rescues carried out in Manabí.
On March 17, they received a weaving course, learning from the basics how to make clothes that they can sell at reasonable prices in their nearby communities.
Our priority is to empower them and economically reactivate the community that was affected by the earthquake.
We see with great astonishment that those who participate most are women, who are willing to start a business and support the family in an effective way.
We are helping them to leave the past behind by focusing forward!Once they have stopped living in the rearview mirror, where they should put their focus? Forward! That’s where the prize is and that’s where true peace and victory are found.
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