The Union of Jewish Women (UJW’s) sewing school recently graduated its February 2021 class. At the graduation, each graduate wore outfits and displayed items they had made on the course.
The UJW sewing school was established in 2010 to help alleviate South Africa’s most pressing problems: a dearth of skills and poverty. Since then, it has graduated more than 80 students. Some have found employment, and others are working for themselves producing items for sale.
The February 2021 class came to the course hardly able to switch on a sewing machine, but not even strict cleaning protocols and social distancing slowed them down.
