22 women learn tailoring as a job

TWENTY-two women in Lae city completed a month-long tailoring course last weekend.
The course allowed women to take part in their small ways in contributing to development in their own communities by having an avenue to earn money.
Baptist Union of Papua New Guinea community development manager Esther Nokulu said the workshop was to teach women basic tailoring so that they could help themselves.
The programme, sponsored by AusAID and facilitated by trainers from the Baptist Union Church of Mt Hagen, was held at the East Taraka Baptist Church. Participants from different denominations attended.
Lead trainer Waki Piya said they had trained the women on how to make meri blouses, collar shirt (with pocket), girls dress, men/women dress, and men/women pants.
She said during the four weeks they showed the women how to sew men’s tops with buttons, laplap skirts, women’s collar shirt, short hand with button, cut skirt with pocket zip for women.
Piya, who has run similar workshops around the country, said Lae had the highest number of women attending.
“This class of 22 women is the highest, the best,” she said.