Give the Gift of Employment for the Holidays

Family, friends, family friends, family of family, friends of friends, acquaintances, strangers, stranger than strangers, people in general. I call upon your assistance in raising funds this holiday season. What for you may ask? Well, I've kept it simple. I am raising funds for the following three items. 

• 1 Custom batik stamping table
• 1 Industrial electronic sewing machine 
• 1 Permanent Job for a new Global Mama 

 Other options include:

• $ 17 Buys a Batiker’s Supply Kit (Dying bowl, Apron, Mask, Gloves)
• $ 24 Buys a Seamstress’ Supply Kit (Tape Measure, Scissors, Seam Ripper, Needles, Pins)
• $ 51 Builds a Custom Batik Stamping Table 
• $ 86 Buys a Cast Iron De-Waxing Pot for Batik Fabrics 
• $ 333 Buys an Industrial Electric Sewing Machine

Last year a bunch of you helped Global Mamas expand our NGO into a small fishing village in Southern Ghana called Prampram. Since then, we've employed 13 women, and one man (who obviously receives a lot of attention!) We've also had a number of volunteers from all over the World work with the women on business techniques, financial planning and design.

 Mary filling in wax stamps.

Our goal this year is to hire 23 more women and expand our current workshop to include a rainwater collection system and eventually a portable building extension.

If you decide to join my plight, I would be more than happy to send you a personalized thank-you from a Mama, you could give the gift of a job this season!

We've interviewed a few of the Mamas and captured their extremely powerful and inspirational stories. With these stories, we will create videos to showcase all of the good work that donors are supporting. Here is the first video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3wqP6A4bRo

The site that is managing Global Mamas fundraising is called Razoo and website is: http://www.razoo.com/story/Global-Mamas

In advance, thank you everyone for your support and happy donating!