1st Workshop: Sign Up

I will be having my first workshop in less than two weeks! I look forward to officially starting this project and hope all of you can participate. If you are interested in volunteering, please sign up here. There will be three main jobs: Tracing and cutting pads and bags, Sewing Pads and Sewing Bags. If you do not know how to sew, please do not let it prevent you from helping. You can trace and cut out the fabric templates. If you are an amateur sewer, feel free to help out sewing bags, it is simpler than making the pads and is great for semi-experienced sewers.

Date: 06/10/2017 (Saturday)
Time: 1:00pm - 6:00pm CDT
Location: 710 Paden Drive, Cedar Park, TX 78613

*Note: Snacks and drinks will be provided for workshop volunteers. Please consider donating Fruit of The Loom (Moisture Wicking) Breathable Micro Mesh Girl Panties: S, M, L and fabric: PUL, Flannel, & Cotton.*

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Comunidad Villa Cruz – Primaria

After driving an hour away from Trinidad, I arrived at a primary school and held a workshop with mothers, teachers and students. Everyone left with pad templates and learned the skills of how to make a complete washable sanitary pads. The teacher for this schoolhouse came all the way from the neighboring town - where she lives - to welcome her students at the workshop during her school winter break.

Madre María – Centro de Formación para Madres Adolescentes: Donating a Sewing Machine

After my worshops across Beni, I returned to Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Santa Cruz, Bolivia for a second workshop at "Madre María" – Centro de Formación para Madres Adolescentes (Center for Homeless Teen Mothers). At the previous workshop, I encountered the need to donate a sewing machine for this center, so that the girls may continue making washable pads for the center and other rural communities in need within Santa Cruz. With Hermana (Sister) Cristina donating the sewing machine for the center. At this workshop, there was a nun from the Hogar San Lorenzo Orfanato ( Orphanage) in Santa Cruz. She humbly requested a sewing machine for her orphanage.

Acto Civico & Signed Acknowledgement of Donations

During my last workshop - with the university students - dancers from the university's performing arts, by request of SEDUCA, performed an Acto Civico (traditional dance in my honor). After my worshop, I signed an Acknowledgement of Donations along with Trinidad District Director of Education Lic. Elizabeth Corona and Principal of the Mario Saielli Secondary School Lic. Efrain Tambo. Thanks to Dick Montero (School Teacher), Elizabeth Tordoya (Save the Children Officer), and my mother for helping me at every workshop. Special thanks to my uncle Oscarin for ensuring our safety throughout the trip, and my mother for inspiring and supporting me during this ever-expanding adventure.

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