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Old 07-01-2010, 06:55 AM
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vbourck
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Thank you, ladies. At this point I think I have plenty, but will consider it for future trips. I have a whole suitcase full of sewing notions that are very hard for the widows to obtain-scissors, pins, elastic, zippers, buttons etc. all donated by friends. They mostly want to sew clothes that can be sold to support themselves. And they do it all on treadle machines that are shared by a community. Here is a photo of me with the group I worked with last year.

Malawi widows in their new dresses
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sewing on their treadle machines
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