Empowering Women
efforts . Thanks to the combined efforts of Kara , Lisa , the Springs of Hope Foundation , and the dōTERRA Healing Hands Foundation ® , the Hope Centre is now built and open . The Hope Centre is furnished with worktables and sewing machines , creating a space for Yezidi women to design and make material goods and clothing so they can provide for their families and find healing through creativity , beauty , and empowerment .
The Hope Centre is beautifully furbished with art , gentle music , and readily available food . In this supportive environment , the women are learning quickly and healing wonderfully . Lisa says , “ They ’ re learning to break away from sewing black ISIS uniforms , and now using bursting color as their imaginations are allowed to develop and break out .” The Springs of Hope Foundation is planning a fashion show on International Women ’ s Day in March 2021 , where the women will showcase what they ’ ve designed .
After six years of living in a crowded refugee camp and fighting for survival , these refugee women now have the Hope Center , which provides a sanctuary while empowering these women to build their own bright futures .
Earlier this year , the Hope Centre women sewed 2,000 face masks to help with COVID-19 relief efforts . Half were given to students and the local community , and the other half went to Yezidis in Sinjar . About 40 dresses made in the Hope Centre are also ready to be donated to the poorest women in the community . The Hope Centre will hold an open house , where the selected women can come choose a new dress .
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