Sewing Project Has Finished after 3 Rounds and 30 Students! Saturday July 27, 2024 at the Hope center in Bishkek, the sewing project, which began with a meeting, concluded with a final meeting! We celebrated with an appreciation meeting where they recalled memories of the initial meeting on September 2023, when we first discussed their…
Our Hotel Hospitality Course Has Finished! This 6-week course began on June 7, 2024 and Certificates of Completion were awarded on July 19,2024. 16 Students finished the course, and 90% performed well enough to apply for jobs in the Hotel industry. Having a certificate, along with their other preparation will assist them in gaining higher…
Our NEW Hotel Hospitality Vocational Course began on June 7, 2024. The 18 students in this course are a mixed group. Some are graduates of the English language course at the Hope Center, others are referrals from outside sources. They are Afghan refugees, Kyrgyz, and Russian. One…
Certificates and Celebrations! Our 2nd round of sewing courses have come to an end and these ladies did such a good job! The second group of 10 Afghan refugees women from the sewing training course graduated on May 19. They have successfully completed all requirements for the 70 hour course. The sewing project will continue…
The Afghan Refugee women are making wonderful progress in the sewing training courses. We have the opportunity to teach 10 students each month for 66 hours on the basics of sewing like making a jacket, a pair of pants, and a bag. We are currently almost finished with our 2nd round of students; they will…
Our Hope Center is bustling with activities as we are able to offer more classes and see more families prosper from our programs and their relationships. Our first 66 hour sewing class training has completed and 90% of the students were hired by our partner company! These women learned practical sewing skills to…
Our sewing class in Bishkek has begun! These 10 women are our first class of up to 60 students we will be able to offer vocational training in the form of sewing classes to. They are being trained to use commercial machines to sew and mend. Having this skill, as well as the…
On March 01, 2024 the ADILET & UNCHR offices in Bishkek organized an information meeting between Source of Compassion and representatives of the Afghan refugee and immigrant community in Bishkek. In this meeting, the SOC director explained to them about the goals and projects of SOC in Kyrgyzstan. This gave the Afghan refugees an opportunity to gain…
After two outreach distributions of items to help these refugee families in January, we have continued our support in 3 communities in the DFW area. Arlington *Adel is a widow with many children. She recently lost her job and relies only on family support from fellow refugees in her community and government assistance to…
Our Russian language courses for Afghan Refugee women finish soon! This was the first time our Hope Center has offered Russian language courses, and after 2 semesters and 2 different sets of classes with 14 students each, we are in the final day of classes. We are so encouraged by the persistence these women have…