Background

Next to Haiti, Nicaragua is the poorest nation in the hemisphere. Poverty is prevalent throughout the country. World Kids Foundation has focused efforts in southern Nicaragua prior to Hurricane Mitch in 1998. World Kids Foundation has a base in San Juan Del Sur and is strategically positioned in a region conducive to marketing the product manufactured by the sewing center.

World Kids Foundation will oversee expenditures incoming and outgoing. World Kids Foundation is a registered 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization that has been working actively with schools, medical missions and outreach programs in Central America since 1995. Progress reports and weekly updates are posted at www.worldkidsvoyage.org

At full production, the sewing center will provide employment for over 40 women. To do so, 20 sewing stations need to be established. (two shifts daily at 6 hours each). A showroom will display merchandise for retail. It will be staffed by another 4 persons.

Single moms need jobs!! They need self sufficiency, dignity and independence! Single mothers are the hardest workers in society. Looking after children is not an easy task. Doing so alone is worse. Single mothers in developing nations do not have access to social or welfare benefits. Rising above poverty is extremely difficult if not impossible. Job opportunities are scarce and when they do become available, they are almost always filled by men. In order to get to the core of third world issues and begin to solve global problems, women need to be empowered with growth and opportunity. The SINGLE MOMS SEWING CENTER is one way of providing woman with new skills, education and on the job training.

 For more information contact Eric Blackburn

eblackb@earthlink.net CDN: 250-919-4095 (604-831-8567) USA: 949-374-0803 NICA: 011-505-668-1501 NICA WKF Directora: Sandra Lorena Garth NICA Phone: 011-505-640-6252 Contributions may be made by Cheque or On Line In Canada: In the U.S.A: World Kids Foundation 120-C 17th. Ave. South Cranbrook BC    Canada V1C 3A5 World Kids Foundation PO Box 839 Dana Point, CA    92629 Because We Care With Vision and Action