Learn about the two-year Vocational Sewing Center for teenaged orphans

 

                                                     

 

 

 

Sewing Center

TWI for the Children's

Vocational
Sewing Center

 Purpose   

The Sewing Project was established for 'at risk' teens in the orphanage who would have to leave their orphanage and live as adults. The older teens missed years of school because their schools didn't function during the war. This program was designed to:


The Vocational Sewing Center was a successful career building program for "at-risk" teenage2kidsatwork.jpg (120855 bytes) orphans  preparing to leave their orphanages.  

The Center taught skills necessary for finding a job after leaving the orphanage.

The Center provided scholarships to the students to pay for transportation to and from the orphanages and for personal needs. 

The Center also helped students who completed the basic course but did not want to make sewing a career find a job in the career of their choice.

Click Here to read about the Purpose and Background for the Sewing Project.

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Basic Course:

The Center taught basic skills necessary to get a job in any field: (Commitment; Personal Grooming; Integrity; and Computer Skills) in addition to basic sewing skills. 

Click Here to meet our  graduates.

 

Advanced Course:  

The Center selected students from the basic course who showed the necessary aptitude for sewing to work on items for sale.

 

Success Stories:

Click Here to read about early success of the Sewing Project in 2001.

 

 

The Sewing Center also made quilts and ladies garments.  In April 2002 and 2003 The Sewing Center developed garments for a major fashion show  held in Sarajevo and Christmas ornaments for sale in the market. 

 

 

 

Click Here to see some of  the dresses then-Fashion4.jpg (73400 bytes) team put on display at the fashion show in Sarajevo in 2002.

 

 

 


Congratulations!!!!
 

The Phase II sewing class working with Jasna prepared a super entry for the Spring 2003 Fashion Show in Sarajevo.  Jasna's "RURBANO" collection won first prize in this show. 

 

 

 

  Jasna Hadzimehmedovic-Bekric, who was the director of the Vocational Sewing Center,  liveL Jasna.jpg (63620 bytes)s in Sarajevo, and successfully helped the teens to learn new vocations and to develop good business skills.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click Here to read an article concerning Jasna's work with the Vocational Sewing Center

 

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Updated: 03/03/2008