Project Report
| Aug 11, 2016
Our tailoring workshop ready for expanding
By Maria Shishkova | Project leader
From September 2016 our social enterprise will launch new program dividing the working day on 2 shifts. The first will be the training for new girls who want to acquire professional skills in tailoring. The second will be our trained students who will produce products.
This step will allow the social enterprise to increase the number of women from vulneravle groups and to become a training center for the tailoring and textile companies in the region.
A visit from the local Labour agency established the close collaboration in Plovdiv town in order to solve social issues. The authorities were impressed by the individual approach towards every young girl and the effort for integration of these social exluded group.
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May 12, 2016
5 new girls making their first steps in sewing.
By Maria Shishkova | Project Leader
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New girls
5 new girls making their first steps!
The last 3 months are exciting for the 5 new girls in our enterprise. They started their professional training – frightened, but curious. They want to learn something new and to have the chance to raise their children by giving them good example – that when you want to achieve something you have to work for it every single day.
Stanka, Penka, Lili, Ivanka and Nadya can now sew some little napkins, now hot the sewing machine is constructed and wear proudly their self-made working uniforms. They have already started their professional training few months ago and we are very happy to see their improvement in sewing.
We are glad to see them motivated to continue their education and to overcome the obstacles on their way to becoming professionals.We wish them luck and promise them that will support them in making their way to successful and independent life.
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Feb 12, 2016
The next season is coming!
By Maria Shishkova | Project leader
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Our girls working
The next season is coming!
Exactly one year later, our social enterprise is ready to welcome new girls who wants to start their professional education in tailoring. Together with local authorities we have appointed meetings with young non-educated and unemployed girls from Roma community. Those of them who want to have a chance for career development will be given the chance to start their preparation for the labor market.
The first interviews are set up for the next week.
Meanwhile our first prepared girls have a lot of work! The companies in the region started with their orders and we are proud to say that we are doing our best to meet their requirements. So far our employees have produces children’s clothes /sport jackets and trousers/, baby’s sleeping sets , etc.,
The real job and real orders have motivated them for being very accurate and working hard.
As one of them, Raina said “When you have a job you feel very proud of yourself!”.
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