Article about Hope 4 Our Children in www.dailymuslim.com

In February 2006, Hope 4 Our Children volunteers (Faizah Badeges, Debra Dirks and Stephanie Parlove) traveled to Indonesia and identified possible programs to help widows and youth tsunami survivors in Sigli area. Here are some of the trainings that have been implemented since February 2006:

-Hammock Making Program, the students are paid 25,000 rupiah to make each hammock and the Dayah sells the hammock 100,000 rupiah.

-Furniture Making Program, the students built dining table, bed and large cabinet. They are hoping to sell the product for further project.

-Embroidery Project, classes participants can make a fully embroidered hijabs. When proficient, one person can make three, fully embroidered hijabs per day.

-Sewing Project, the students gets donation of material to make clothes for the children in the refugee camps.

-Fish Shredding, This is a seasonal industry and was not in operation while the team was in Indonesia due to seasonal fish in Aceh.


Here is the article written by Jerard F. Dirks about Hope 4 Our Children, the February trip to Aceh, and "A Cry for Help":

http://dailymuslims.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1603&Itemid=238