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Sewing program

Create skills, confidence, and community.

Refugee women learn practical sewing skills in a welcoming place shaped by friendship, dignity, and opportunities for sustainable income.

Refugee women and volunteers learning sewing together

More than a class

Practice a skill while relationships grow.

Beginner and advanced classes meet weekly for 90 minutes at the GoTEN Training Center. Experienced seamstresses lead each class while volunteers work alongside two or three students.

Students gain new abilities and confidence. Volunteers bring patient encouragement and help create a warm cross-cultural community.

What to expect

  • Beginner and advanced learning options
  • Small-group support and conversation
  • Weekly 90-minute classes
  • No sewing experience needed to help beginners

Learn to sew

Find your class.

Share your experience level and preferred class time. Our team will follow up with current availability.

Serve alongside women

Volunteer in a class.

Offer practical support, conversation, and encouragement as students practice new skills.

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Support women through what they create.

Purchase handcrafted products made through refugee artisan programs.

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