Sewing and handicraft courses in Belo Horizonte

The volunteers from Asin have, by supplying the funds to allow for the purchase of a Brother Overlock Industrial Sewing Machine, assisted in establishing sewing and handicraft courses at the Caminho da Luz Assistance Association. The association is a philanthropic institution, founded with the goal of helping underprivileged children by offering them educational, psychological, medical, moral and philosophical assistance. Courses in sewing and handicrafts are currently being offered so as to facilitate the recycling and reuse of the clothing and other materials that are donated to the institution. The objective is to support the social restructuring of the parents, providing them with opportunities to generate and increase the families' incomes and help raise their self-esteem, while developing creativity and skills and strengthening the link between the institution and the parents of the assisted children. More than 60 children between the ages of 3 and 14 are benefited.