Please meet Abel, a recent graduate of Hope International's on-site vocational program, Sew Much Hope. As a child, Abel lived in a rural county of Liberia. During the civil war he was displaced from his parents and brought to the capital city of Monrovia by an NGO. He was placed with people of his tribal language, but he eventually ended up homeless. To support himself, Abel sold cold water as a street vendor. When he heard about the Sew Much Hope sewing/tailoring program he enrolled. 

Through all his hard work, Abel was selected by Sew Much Hope instructors to be the tailor of this year’s senior student uniforms. Students in Liberia all wear school uniforms. As you are walking or driving down the highway the brightly colored uniforms help identify the school that the children represent. Hope International’s school color is blue.

Abel is using his skills to sew 160 uniforms and is receiving great praise for his abilities and dedication.   

He is now well on his way to starting his own business because of the vocational training he has received through the Sew Much Hope program. Hope International’s three on-site vocational programs Sew Much Hope, Cooking Up Hope, and Power of Hope were all made possible by generous grants received from Project Redwood of Tides Foundation. 