Sewing Center
September 14, 2020
There is an old saying … “give a person a fish and you feed them for a day … teach a person to fish and you feed them for a lifetime”...
July 12, 2019
A few days ago we visited Wangui’s sewing center in the little village of Barute. Maureen, her assistant teacher, is standing on her right in the second picture of this post. These two ladies have created a working environment conducive for moms with children to become self-supporting. They now have […]
July 13, 2016
Updates on StoneHouse Sewing Center StoneHouse Sewing Center is really taking shape. For two years we have been teaching impoverished widows, single women and even married women, to learn to sew on electric sewing machines. Now we will focus on getting them ready to handle their own business. Cynthia is […]
March 9, 2016
The Fashion Show Some may wonder what a fashion show has to do with advancing the Kingdom of God. We would attempt an explanation. The pictures you are about to peruse through, are of ladies who have been trained to sew by the StoneHouse Sewing Center. This is their graduation, […]
February 11, 2014
Last year we started learning how to do a sewing school in Kenya. Most all of the clothing people wear in Kenya is either from the ‘matunda’ (thrift stores on the street) or made by tailors in their shops on treadle machines. I really wanted to be able to teach […]
January 26, 2013
Many women in Nakuru struggle every day to take care of their families. As one woman said when speaking to our women’s group, “The burden of the family is on our shoulders.” The ladies work very hard to find ways to make ends meet in the slums. They are willing […]