The objective of the El Sol sewing center is to provide real life marketable and income generating sewing skills that will provide vocational training that can be applied to earn income for profit at a vocational, entrepreneurial or home based level. The center hopes to provide an opportunity for change, personal growth, independence and employment and to empower the participants to exercise their own options for sustainable employment. It is a social center as well as a training center where participants receive skills but also a sense of dignity and self worth as they gain income generating skills together in a common forum.
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