Closing Ceremony for Women's Center

This was a fun closing ceremony. The center is setup to teach the young single women how to read and write. They will also be teaching them skills like sewing and computer work so that they can find employment and still remain at home and not have to leave the children. These women typically have several chldren and the fathers have left them. Some of them are grandmothers that the moms and dads have both left. Before they could take classes, they had to have a place for the children. The lions club fixed up the building and arranged for teachers for the children. We furnished the furnishings for the children. We will be working with them to obtain better sewing machines for them to learn on in the future.

These are some of the women and children who will be taught here. Classes began right after the ceremony. They also told us they will be starting classes for the Irag and Iran refugee women next month. We feel so privledged to be part of such a great project that will benefit many women and their families.

This is one of the women's classrooms. You can see how old the machines are that they will be starting to learn on. But they are starting to learn.

Elder and Sister Pederson with the Lions Club District Governor

The Lions Club President, District Governor and other officals at the closing