Club-to-Club World Service

Quota International of Legazpi-Mayon, The Philippines
Stitch for a Living

Quota International of Legazpi-Mayon didn't let three major typhoons interfere with their vision: to empower disadvantaged women and speech- and hearing-impaired individuals through skills training and micro-lending. In spite of the havoc wrought by the storms, which left thousands homeless through the province, Quotarians pursued their Stitch for a Living program, recruiting 20 students from a local school for speech- and hearing-impaired people; securing sewing machines, fabric, and other materials; and enlisting the expertise of local professionals.

The program kicked off with a skills training for all participants, including lectures, discussions, and practical hands-on instruction in sewing, which was followed up with ongoing supervision and coaching. Through the program, the students not only sewed scrub uniforms for local professionals, but they also developed the skills and secured the tools to build their own profitable businesses—at the conclusion, they earned their own sewing machines and could market their experience to the community. With Legazpi-Mayon Quotarians' support, they stitched far more than scrubs—they stitched livelihoods for themselves and their families.

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“The project will provide a model for empowerment and will serve to inspired other handicapped persons to be economically productive…it demonstrates that adequate skills training and the acquisition of production generation equipment through micro-financing are a great beginning toward realizing their own micro-business.”