With support from the New York/ New Jersey Metro Professional Network who donated the resources to purchase 300 masks, the professionals on the front line at New York University hospitals on Long Island have welcomed the masks from our women at the Women Like Us Center with open arms.
The sewing program at the center is one of many skills they have learned. Each mask guarantees a wage for the woman who made it which, in turn, supports their children and families. Another project, raising chickens and selling eggs and chicks, has been halted during these difficult times making the purchase of these masks even more important to their sustainability.
The Women Like Us Center is dedicated to improving the lives of impoverished women coming from a life of abuse, violence, physical hardships, and personal loss. Their trauma is intense and deep-rooted, leaving no hope for the future. The center provides social-psycho support and education for economic stability.
Thank you Metro Professional Network. You’ve helped women and children in Kenya and those in your own backyard. Your compassion and support has helped around the world.
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- Delivery of masks made to NYC, sewn by women at the Women Like Us Center in Kenya
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- NYC administrative hospital staff wearing masks sewn by women at the Women Like Us Center in Kenya