Working off of the Pedals for Progress model, Abuelas in Action will provide interested women's groups in Honduras with all the materials and training necessary in order to start a small business making school uniforms and selling them in the local market. The women will be required to attend 2 training workshops and will be financially responsible for all subsequent shippments of materials from Abuelas in Action. This ensures that the women will take vested interest in their business.

Why School Uniforms?
In Honduras in order to attend seconday school the students are required to wear a uniform. For many students they are unable to afford a new uniform and therefore cannot futher their education. By providing the women with low cost fabric they will then be able to sell a better product at a lower price in the local market thus enabling more children to attend secondary school.

The pilot School Uniform Project began in July 2007 with the Mujeres de Delicias which is a group of 23 women from the village of Delicias, Opatoro, Honduras. Delicias is a remote village in the municipality of Opatoro that is home to 30 families and around 100 children. There are 23 women who make up the Mujeres de Delicias women's group and they have been working hard since 2007 to supply uniforms and clothing to the surrounding villages. This summer the Mujeres de Delcias were able to construct their own workshop building as well as a small store front from the money they raised selling their products. Here are some photos:

Measuring fabric	Hard at work in the community center
Las Mujeres de Delicias	The new workshop almost completed

If you would like to make a donation please send materials or make checks to:
Pedals for Progress (Memo: Uniforms)
PO Box 312
High Bridge, NJ 08829-0312

All Donations are Tax Deductible!

If you would like more information please
email Reykha Bonilla : reykha@p4p.org.