Project Report
| Dec 10, 2019
TOWARDS NEW VENTURES-DECEMBER 2019
By Mellanie Silva | Assistant Project Manager
The “Jobs for Moms” project continued to produce custom made cloth bags according to the designs of our customers who purchased it to pack their merchandise. In addition, we too were able to sell many of our small grey cloth bags at the annual Charity Bazaar which is one of our major fundraising events held each year. These bags were purchased to pack the goods that were sold at the stall especially our beautiful hand painted glass bottles. We were also approached by producers who inquired if we would like to diversify with our response of “ YES” we were able to hold discussions with a supplier who currently supplies trendy necklaces made from Batik and wooden beads to renowned shops in Colombo.
During this Christmas season, we have a couple of experienced mothers who accepted orders independently from a variety of clients, in addition to the main product they are currently sewing which are pillowcases
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Sep 12, 2019
We are Expanding!
By Mellanie Silva | Assistant Project Manager
We are proud to report that the Jobs for Moms program has been growing from strength to strength. In the last few months we have expanded our monthly orders to include a thousand small jewelry bags for another NGO providing needed services.
To young women due to the expansion of the program we have been able to purchase an additional sewing machine for Janaki, one of our most promising beneficiaries. She will be able to put her entrepreneurship and commitment to good use and set up her independent sewing business and directly deal with her buyers, under E.A.S.E. supervision.
Our other caregivers are honing their skills and trying to
produce neat bags to our exacting standards to fulfil the
requirements of our customers.
We thank all doors for their generous contribunions!
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Jun 14, 2019
Phase 3- Equipping the Equipped
By Mellanie Silva | Assistant Project Manager
Equipping the Equipped
Once the training was completed E.A.S.E gifted seven (7) Sewing machines to five (5) mothers and one(01) father to generate an income, these are parents of children who are attending E.A.S.E. Foundations educational program. Even though this project initiative was for moms, due to the interest and the skill that was shown by a father, he too was gifted with a machine. Additionally one Mom an experienced seamstress was gifted with two (2) machines to expand her current home based business.
Business opportunities
At first E.A.S.E will intervene and support the participants in finding buyers for the items that will be produced, and latterly these parents will take the ownership and improve their business to the next level.
However due to the interest shown by the “green conscious buyers”, we have been able to promote the Shopping bag in addition to the other items amongst our well-wishers and followers of our Face Book page. We have also been able to obtain a few orders for our caregivers to generate an income.
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