Friday, September 5, 2014

Where the Magic Happens

The Sewing Center is where the magic happens.  We are blessed to work in such a beautiful building and location.  Most of our seamstresses for The Peace Exchange work in the A-frame (photo below).  This building, create by the non-profit hands of many, acts not only as a sewing center but a women's center as well.  The women sew/work on the entire upstairs of the structure while the downstairs has a separate entrance and is dedicated to helping rebuild women who have gone through horrific hardships and trauma.  The lower facilities has beds, a nice bathroom, living room, kitchen area and office.  The entire center is run off solar panels creating a unique form of self sufficiency in a very poor area.  On average 6-9 women, with their small children, live on the property at a time.  We could not be more happy to be working with theses talented Peace Exchange artists... off a dirt road in Mumosho.  Yes, this place you see below - located in the middle of rugged African landscapes - is where the magic happens.

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