Giving Tuesday: Equipping Young Women with Valuable Trade Skills and The Message of Christ
Do you want to give more than an ugly Christmas sweater this year?
Buying clothing as a Christmas gift for a loved one can be challenging. Sizes and styles are tough to get right. However, when it comes to young women in India, the gift of learning to create clothing is far more valuable than you think!
When you support young women in the Call of Hope Sewing School, you're giving them the opportunity to start their own business and mend spiritual scars as well as physical garments.
This Giving Tuesday make an eternal impact. For the price of a new Christmas sweater that will eventually be tattered and forgotten; you can give a gift that will never fade - freedom from economic limitations, and eternal freedom in Christ.
When it comes to economic participation for women, India is ranked 134 out of 136 countries. As you might imagine, the situation for Muslim women is even more dire. Some areas of India are nearly 100% Muslim and many have never heard the name of Jesus! In these locations, Call of Hope Frontline Workers have a practical ministry that is equipping young women with a valuable skills while also presenting the love and message of Christ.
The building where sewing classes are held is rented from a devout Muslim man within the village. When he learned that his property was being used not only to teach sewing, but to teach the Bible – he was furious! In fact, the landlord's very own daughter, Fatima, was attending the Sewing School. His initial reaction was to terminate the lease and close the school immediately! However, he quickly noticed an amazing change in his daughter's life!
Not only did Fatima become remarkably proficient with her sewing skills, she was also strikingly more joyful at home. She would often come home singing songs about Jesus and she proudly told her parents that after reading the Bible she had become a Christian! Although her father was angry about Fatima's new faith in Christ, he was so astounded with her transformation in attitude, that he began to accept it. Despite her father’s wishes for her to remain silent about her faith, Fatima could not help but talk about the love of Christ!
Fatima is just one of the many students who have come to faith in Christ through the Sewing School. As these young women begin to build their own businesses, many have become testimonies of the love and faithfulness of God! Through the Sewing School in India, and through the power of the Gospel, Muslim women are empowered to learn a trade and acquire the ability to care for their families. They have become a shining light for Christ, in the midst of the darkness of Islam.
HOW CAN YOU BE A PART OF THIS LIFE-CHANGING PROJECT?
For just $36 you can sponsor a student in the Sewing School. Over the 6-month curriculum, you’re providing more than just the opportunity to learn a sewing skill; you’re giving freedom from economic limitations, and eternal freedom in Christ.
Imagine the lasting impact you can have on the life of a young girl for just $36.
Will you partner with us to empower women in India and share the message of Christ to the Muslim world? Click GIVE NOW to become a part of this life changing project this Christmas.
