{"id":2978,"date":"2015-05-15T09:53:37","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T14:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=2978"},"modified":"2015-05-15T09:53:37","modified_gmt":"2015-05-15T14:53:37","slug":"mommy-is-learning-to-sew-ckc-wv-iniative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2015\/05\/mommy-is-learning-to-sew-ckc-wv-iniative\/","title":{"rendered":"“Mommy is learning to sew.”- CKC-WV iniative"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cMommy is learning to sew.\u201d is what 8 month Gai would say if he could talk.\u00a0 This week his mother Dakolo, age 19, started learning to sew.\u00a0 She goes to class Monday to Friday from 8h30 to 13h00 for the next 6 to 9 months.\u00a0 At the end of the class she will have a skill that she can use to support herself.<\/p>\n

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This class is the idea of CEUM women ministries president Lisia Weka.\u00a0 She proposed the idea to Rev. Mbewa, the CEUM\u2019s representative to World Vision, and WV accepted and funded it.\u00a0\u00a0 50 unwed mothers were selected for the classes, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.\u00a0 Each of the mothers has at least one child registered with World Vision.\u00a0 They come from throughout the city of Gemena and represent each of World Vision\u2019s local church partners: Covenant, Catholic and Free, plus some from other sectors of the society.<\/p>\n

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beginning sewers<\/p><\/div>\n

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Rev. Mbewa explained to me that they used the following criteria for selecting the mothers who would participate:<\/p>\n

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  • Those who were the most vulnerable<\/li>\n
  • They had to come from the different church partners<\/li>\n
  • Are unmarried (husbands having left them for various reasons) and between the ages of 18 and 35.\u00a0 Most of them have several kids.<\/li>\n
  • Have at least one child registered in the Covenant Kids Congo powered by World Vision sponsorship program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    they start with stitching on paper<\/p><\/div>\n

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    teacher Ephrazie working on a machine<\/p>\n

    The 50 mothers were divided into 2 class sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, in order to accommodate them in the space available.\u00a0 Class is held in the CEUM women\u2019s foyer or training center.\u00a0 This center has its own sewing class three years ago and one of those women, Jeannette Angbito, is now a teacher for these women.<\/p>\n