Sparrow Society has partnered with A21 to do a sewing skills training program with survivors of human trafficking. The ladies are now equipped and ready to join Sparrow Society’s SewBoss Network which creates opportunities for home-based work for seamstresses across Cape Town. This allows them an opportunity not only to earn a viable income which […]
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Give a (woman) a fish, she will eat for a day. Teach a (woman) to fish, and she will eat for a lifetime. …or so the saying goes. But what about access to a fishing rod and other equipment? What about access/ownership of the pond that holds the fish? Sparrow Society works to create viable
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A message from our Field Logistics Coordinator, Wayne Eaves: Background on the SewBoss Program Sparrow Society is an NPC. If, like me, this leaves you a little perplexed give me a moment: We run a business that empowers and uplifts mainly women (over 90%), creating employment, building skills, business, and ultimately stable households. Our SewBoss
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As part of our Business Skills Training Course, we did a break out session on fabric printing techniques. In addition to the screen printing and stamping techniques, we has a special guest come to teach our team the art of Shibori dyeing. It was a LOT of fun and the designs came out so beautifully
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We’ve launched a business course for our amazing Creators! We have so many talented creatives working with us and our dream is to see each and every one of them succeed in chasing their own dreams. We have budding fashion designers, leather workers, screen printers and even a shoe designer! But as any entrepreneur knows,
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After a year of working with us, one of our Master Creators, Nothemba earned enough to put herself through Fashion Design School!!! She is insanely talented and we are so grateful to have her with us. She is in her first round of exams now so wish her luck! Here are some of her first
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I read an article this week on timbro.se that opened with the line, “A EUROPEAN COW receives six times as much aid as the average African south of Sahara.” It caused quite a stir – so much so that this article, written 5 years ago, is STILL being circulated. The article goes on to explain
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Meet Dan Pallotta ^ We are all about Responsible Giving, and this video is definitely a great introduction on the workings of the NGO sector to better understand your investment. He speaks on an important mind-shift that needs to happen in the world of development if we are going to be sustainable. I highly recommend
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We had the privilege of being a part of a group of people collaborating for the first Arts & Culture Indaba put on by the City of Cape Town. Our two sessions were “Fostering Inter-culturalism and social cohesion” and “Cultural Entrepreneurship”. There were so many people and organisations represented from different sectors which allowed for
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