Monday afternoon Rajesh and I visited the Sparrows of Splendor tailoring shop located across the street from the Achievers Academy in the Acts of Mercy offices.
This is where widows are being trained in tailoring and design to give them an opportunity to make a living for themselves. On a previous trip to California, John Christian brought a handful of their bags to see how they would sell. Maybe some of you bought one. These ladies are making some beautiful products, but they are not sure how to get them out to market. So we are thinking of ways that we could assist them in putting together a website with pictures and a way to order them. Or another idea would be to connect them with existing 'fair trade' distributors so that they can get their products into existing outlets.
That is awesome. Love to see the great John Christian in his element. (I'll help with localization for the website, guys.)
ReplyDeletewow! so nice to see the facilities. Hard to believe this is in India..:) Makes me so thankful for the Church .. thanks Mark for posting a picture of Rajesh!!hehe:)
ReplyDeleteLove hearing your stories. Will get more details when you come back.. Like what did you eat?!:) and what about swimming in the warm ocean?