For this update I spoke to Josephine, a member of one of the HOPE Local projects. I wanted to know how the team were settling into their project; and This is what Josephine told me:
"Last Friday we went to a training day session at the safe house,
where we were told about the aims and practices of the safehouse
itself as well as their rules regarding confidentiality and boundaries. This is very important for the security of the beneficiaries we will work with.
On Wednesday we had our design workshop with the women. We began the session by introducing
ourselves and giving an outline of the project, including what business
skills they would acquire through the making and selling of jewellery,
as well as the care packages that we will offer to them at the end. We
then went on to show the women different mood boards and pictures of
different styles of bracelets, of which we narrowed down to 6 choices
which the women liked the look of and looked easy to make. My group
leader Hollie will create a prototype of the final two designs.
The women all seemed really enthusiastic about the
project and were very keen to get involved and get started. There is
also the possibility that more women will be joining from the safehouse
in the weeks to follow. Here are some picture I took some pictures during the design workshop."
Thank you Josephine!
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