By Carmelita G. Nuqui | Executive Director
The Development Action for Women Network (DAWN) provided skills training on handloom weaving for women migrant returnees from May to July 2023.
DAWN’s Alternative Livelihood Coordinator, Ms. Mary Joy E. Barcelona, taught these migrant returnees from Saudi Arabia and Australia the process of handloom weaving. They also learned how to create designs from simple stripes to complex patterns. They also produced products such as coasters, placemats, scarves and shawls.
“I’m happy to be one of the trainees of DAWN,” said a women migrant returnee from Australia. “DAWN gave us the chance to interact with other participants and understand their personality so that we can easily work together. DAWN welcomed us.”
“DAWN taught us to be strong and empowered,” said one of the skills trainee from Saudi Arabia.
They also engaged in various psychosocial activities with DAWN’s Social Services Program Coordinator, Ms. Crezol Mar L. Navarro, RSW. The conduct of skills training and therapeutic activities is part of DAWN’s holistic approach to reintegration, where women migrant returnees, survivors of gender-based violence & trafficking and members of their families are empowered and transformed from victims to survivors to advocates of their own issues and concerns.
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