Fabric for Timor Leste
Dear Friends of SewAid, The pallet of fabric we sent to Timor Leste has arrived. Sister Sabina in Oecusse is already sewing up a storm and has sent these photos […]
Articles by Tony Castley
Sewaid activity up-date August 2024
Dear Sewaid Friends, Kiribati Update Erimeta has advised that they have started their third series of sewing lessons, and once again, they were sold out. From all reports, it appears to be […]
Fabric donation
Geoff Mann of YAS Australia Pty Ltd, a fabric importer and wholesaler, recently gave us ten pallets of beautiful fabric. The fabric is polyester/rayon school uniform fabric, which can be […]
Kiribati April 2024
Kiribati Report: April 7th-22nd 2024. Aims and Objectives To teach twenty-five women to sew, with some to become teachers for future sewing courses to be run by the AMAK Women’s […]
2023 Wrap-up, 2024 Plans
2023 WRAP-UP, 2024 PLANS During the COVID period, it has been hard to maintain our workshops and our training programs; however, during 2023, we were able to get things started […]
Ukraine Refugee Training – a big success !
Our sewing training program for Ukrainian refugees in Sydney has been a great success. The program was held at the Ukraine Church Hall in Granville over 10 days, from 20/2/23 […]
Volunteer Sewing Teachers wanted for 2023 projects.
We currently have some vacant positions for volunteer sewing teachers for the following projects: Sydney – teaching sewing to refugees – February 2023 Kiribati – teaching sewing or crafts – […]
Sustainable Cambodia December 2022
In December Rotarian Doug Vincent of the Rotary E-club of Greater Sydney, visited Sustainable Cambodia (SC) with his family. Doug was able to spent some time in the SewAid sewing […]
December 2022 update.
Dear SewAid teachers and friends, Another year has zoomed by, and due to the continuing restrictions resulting from COVID , we haven’t been able to achieve all that we would […]
Refugee Sewing Lessons, Gold Coast
Our weekly sewing training for refugees on the Gold Coast Queensland is progressing well . Of the 12 refugees attending these classes, eight have never used a sewing machine, however on […]