Girls sewing masks to raise school fees during lockdown period

THREE primary school girls made use of the second lockdown period for Covid-19 to sew masks and sell for K3.50 each at the gate of their home in 5-Mile,Port Moresby.
They used YouTube to download the steps on how to make masks.
Coronation Primary School students Margaret Memo, 14, Melisa Waine, 13, and Althea Agevaua,10, used their grandmother Althea Memo’s sewing machine and started their project two weeks ago.
Margaret told The National that the purpose of sewing and selling masks was to earn money for their school fees.
Every evening after completing their studies, the girls set out on their project.
Margaret said they started off sewing pillow cases and other items but when they saw the demand for masks in NCD, they decided to sew masks to sell.
According to Margaret, there was high demand for elastic to sew masks as most of the stores in NCD had run out of it.
Memo, who took a trip to Popondetta recently, bought some elastic for the girls.
Their neighbour Terry Kappo stepped in to help, with a contract to sew 500 masks.
Because they had a big project, they had to get another sewing machine which Margaret and Waine used to sew while Agevaua and her aunty Finela Yayada helped them.
Kappo had a contract to organise groups of women and girls to sew masks for police and soldiers.
He engaged the girls to be a part of the project where he would find buyers for them.
Kappo said corporate companies and Government departments who needed masks could place their orders.