Threads for Honduras

Reba Yoder explained “We are a non-profit group that has been working with a community in the mountains of Honduras since 2012. We teach the women sewing and crafting skills and supply them with raw materials and a sewing teacher to better their living conditions. We have traveled to spend a week or two almost yearly and ship donated fabrics several times a year. Our group also provides scholarship funds for their children’s education. Some of the skills taught are doll making, quilt piecing, and rug weaving. The friendships that we have formed with these women have been rewarding as well as seeing improvements to their houses. We also cut, sew and stuff homemade teddy bears to be used to help children who are scared in different types of situations in our hospital emergency rooms, police situations, ambulances, etc…”