Receipt of Sewing Machines!

Domingo, Maura, Francisca, Rosa and Juana stand with Meghan and Danielle behind their new machines

The women of MNINI have reached another important milestone, as they received the sewing machines they purchased with a grant from the J Kirby Simon Foreign Service Trust. It is now hoped that the women will speed their production tremendously, no longer sewing zippers and seams by hand. Pictured in the photo above with some of the women from the cooperative are the grant proposal author, Meghan Collins Sullivan, and founder of CODENI (and large mover and shaker behind MNINI), Danielle Strickland.

Danielle and Maura unload the sewing machines

Domingo, Maura and Rosa in a light moment