Creating opportunities with sewing machines

In order to allow the partner organizations and projects to become independent in the long term, Usthi supports social business ventures. The profit flows into the projects and creates a cycle that provides more and more young people with access to education and thus new perspectives.

In Hyderabad, a textile processing centre is connected to the professional skills courses for young men and women. As a social enterprise, it not only offers employment to graduates, but also finances the skills training of new course participants. This circulation strengthens the local ownership and allows the projects to become self-sufficient.

We are launching this campaign to finance new sewing machines worth a total of CHF 3,150, which are urgently needed in the textile processing center.

Because: more orders equate to more fair jobs and at the same time more income, that flows back into the project.

Every contribution matters to reach our goal! Thank you for your support.

Der Campus in Hyderabad steht unter Wasser.

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