AOET~Uganda equips widows with the skills to enable them to be self-supporting in caring for themselves and their children.
Tailoring and African Arts and Crafts
AOET teaches widows tailoring skills and trains them to make African arts and crafts. As widows near completion of their training, the clothes and arts and crafts they have made are sold.
African shirts, shorts and dresses are made. African arts and crafts include table mats from natural banana fiber, batiks (drawing on fabric with wax), hats and other items.
Groups of widows are provided with additional training for operating a small business. They take a loan for initial expenses and are provided with sewing machines or crafts kits. These widows start a small business as a team and also partner together for the care of their children. These are successful ventures and these widows are excited that they can still make valuable contributions to their community.
Computer Training
Widows and orphans with more formal education have the opportunity to complete computer classes. The classes begin with typing skills. The basics of Windows are taught and followed by Microsoft Office applications. Individual advanced study in operating systems, Office applications and programming are available.
The training is purposeful opening up opportunities for employment as even fuel stations have computerized systems. The need for computer training is so recognized that AOET has at time been able to provide computer training for a fee to those able to pay. proceeds ofcourse have helped maintain the computers, paid the Trainers…
A Women’s Center has been opened to take care of the Big numbers of Both Vulnerable Women and Widows who want to take advantage of this opportunity. With the Help of GCC in Maryland, a WONDERFUL building was set up, and training started right away.
Groups that were training under trees… were brought together into one, and started their training as a unit. The building is also used over the weekends for village meetings and or Weddings.
Whole Villages of Women show up every morning and afternoons for their training in Bead making, Tailoring, …