-Christian Charity Donate Dresses To Impoverished Girls Globally
A Christian charity donate over 4 million dresses to young girls living in poverty worldwide.
This act was sponsored through a campaign that oversees dress-making efforts from numerous churches and nonprofits.
Dress a Girl Around the World, a program centered on hope 4 women international, has contributed over 3 million locally made dresses for girls since it coming into existence in 2009.
According to Hope 4 Women International President, Rachel Eggum Cinader, she emphasized the campaign began as a result of her trip to Uganda which made her see the need for dresses.
“My sister Joan and I took pillowcases to Uganda and taught the women to make dresses from them on treadle sewing machines,” Cinader said. “Soon, the idea caught on, and people from all over wanted to make dresses.”
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“We soon realized making dresses from pillowcases wasn’t a good idea and switched to using new cotton or cotton-blend fabrics.”
“Many sewers have said this program gives them purpose. We’ve seen women who were depressed and are now fired up to get out of bed and sew for girls living in poverty. They pray over the dresses and for the girls who will receive them,” Cinader continued.
“We send dresses with people going on mission trips so the dresses are hand carried and given out by those who carry them. This gives the teams an opportunity to share Jesus and His love.”
In addition to providing clothes for needy girls, the charity also uses the opportunity of distributing the clothes to enlighten people on the dangers of trafficking, exposing tricks that traffickers use to lure girls in.
