The Soroptimists in SI Club Leh ran classes in 2021 helped a group of women aged 27-65 in Pyang to carry ...
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SI Yorkshire region Clubs have supported a project in HMP/YOI Askham Grange, an open prison which improves the facilities and equipment in a craft room to help prisoners be more creative.
In collaboration with the CREAM Foundation, SI Yaoundé Club provides vulnerable women, including widows, displaced people and neglected wiveswith training in soap production. Over two weeks, 12 women were taught to make multi-purpose liquid soap, powder detergent and perfumes, supported by a financial grant of 850 USD to kick start their businesses.
The SI Club Toamasina focuses on empowering young women through sewing, business communication and computer training. A key feature of the programme is the production of reusable sanitary napkins.
In partnership with Association Gouna Tière, the SI Club Alliance Tombouctou empowers women through a unique initiative that turns plastic waste into economic opportunities.
In Aarau, local Soroptimists are addressing a lack of financial literacy with their ‘Finance courses for women’ project, aimed at boosting women’s financial literacy in their community.
With the support of the Soroptimist International of Europe (SIE) Disaster Fund, the project targeted 30 women, offering them vocational training through the TeachMe centre in fields like Social Media Marketing (SMM), Graphic Design and UI/UX Design.
In 2018 President Beverly McClean identified further need within the local Foodbank, cooking classes and she trained to become a tutor. The Club then raised £1000 to provide 13 cookery stations for the Foodbank Cookery School, which she established and clients were invited to attend sessions participating in easy cooking tasks using donated items from the Foodbank. Beverly continues to provide tuition at the Foodbank and during Covid-19 made several videos so that clients can access them online.
SI Rhyl and District organised and delivered ‘ one-pot’ cookery courses (4.5 hours per week) over five weeks during November and December 2023 for eight women at the North Wales Women’s Centre. This initiative also offered hot meals to women at the centre,who were participating in other courses, seeking advice, or attending rehabilitation sessions for issues such as domestic abuse or minor criminal offenses.
The members of the Club invited local Syrian refugees for a cookery evening to teach them some Scottish recipes and help them with making connections to the local community.
SI Club Canterbury has been working with the RISING SUN refuge and the staff who work there. One club member worked with the refuge staff to run a pizza making master class. Recipients of this support are learning to cook healthy meals, which helps them in living independently.
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