SEWING CENTERS FOR
IMMIGRANTS

Rationale:
To enable new immigrants from Ethiopia - men and women - to make and repair their and their families' clothes on sewing machines, and to enable them to sew for profit.
More advanced students earn money by sewing items for ESRA's Ethiopian embroidery project

Operation:
ESRA supplies sewing machines, fabric and instruction by a qualified teacher, and volunteers assist by teaching, repairing and maintaining the machines.

The Program:
Instruction and practice in groups of twenty adults, once or twice weekly. Volunteers obtain donations of materials, cottons, patterns and accessories without which the project would not work. Opened in 1996.

Locations:
In four Netanya neighborhoods:
Kiryat Nordau, Neot Ganim, Neot Shaked & Ramat Yadin.
Past Centers: Beerotayim caravan site, Kfar Yona Community Center.

Partners:
Ministry of Absorption, Municipality of Netanya and local Community Centers.