THE SEWING PROJECT

MANAGED AND SUPPORTED BY ROTARIANS

EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN AND GIRLS

COTE d'IVOIRE, Marahoué, Bouaflé

MANAGED AND SUPPORTED BY ROTARIANS

THE PROJECT'S OBJECTIVES Organize income-generating activities and practical training for women in rural areas.

Provide women and girls with marketable skills training on sewing techniques and employment opportunities each year.

COTE d'IVOIRE, Marahoué, Bouaflé

MANAGED AND SUPPORTED BY ROTARIANS

THE PROJECT'S CONCEPT 1) Vocational training in sewing techniques: This is a very traditional skill of women and girls for their family survival. After the training period, they have two options: a) Work with the Femmes Plus community center with adequate wage income and good working conditions, while continuing to acquire basic skills by working in the community center. b) Live and use skills in the right way to earn more income for family survival.

2) Developing entrepreneurship and real-life skills with the community center.

COTE d'IVOIRE, Marahoué, Bouaflé

MANAGED AND SUPPORTED BY ROTARIANS

PROJECT'S RESULT Femmes Plus works with women in the communities where they live to bring about better change in their lives. This social enterprise project is the best tool for them to become powerful forces for positive change in their own lives, families and communities.

The two main results of this project are:

COTE d'IVOIRE, Marahoué, Bouaflé

MANAGED AND SUPPORTED BY ROTARIANS

DIRECT RESULT To Provide work in their communities , the project consists of assisting women in their community and providing them with work in order to be able to obtain a stable wage income by working.

- Provide sewing skills - The project is committed to recruiting rural women without sewing skills and then providing them with basic training in sewing techniques.

- In addition to sewing skills training, we provide other essential skills training for learners such as health/hygiene, book keeping and microcredit.

COTE d'IVOIRE, Marahoué, Bouaflé

MANAGED AND SUPPORTED BY ROTARIANS

INDIRECT RESULT The project is also expected to result in another positive change for the development of the community, namely: - Increase in domestic products - Empowerment of women who are responsible for their families.

- Poverty reduction – Food self-sufficiency.

- Improve literacy among women and girls.

COTE d'IVOIRE, Marahoué, Bouaflé

MANAGED AND SUPPORTED BY ROTARIANS

NEEDS For the center to be financially self-sufficient in order to provide work to 10 women and girls per year and support for the administration fees, it will have to be equipped with machines and open a ready-to-wear shop.

Rental of a shop for one year = 330 000 cfa (550 £$) Equipment = 710 000 cfa (1 175 $ ) 05 mannequins = 420 000 cfa (700 $ ) Fabric purchases 2 230 000 cfa (3 690 $) Contingencies 379 000 cfa (650 $ )

COTE d'IVOIRE, Marahoué, Bouaflé

MANAGED AND SUPPORTED

BY ROTARIANS

Contacts: 225 07 07 33 88 19/0505167076 Email: femmes.plus.ci@gmail.com SiteWeb: https://www.femmes-plus.org/ YouTube : Femmes + TV Facebook : Femmes Plus HTTPS://ISSUU.COM/FEMMESPLUS

COTE d'IVOIRE, Marahoué, Bouaflé

FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN AND GIRLS