Hello! This has been a week of "O" for S.O.A.R - Opportunities.

• We had visits from 3 different groups -mission teams from Virginia and Missouri and some tourists from Zimbabwe. They observed the women as they worked and the women had the opportunity to set up a display and sell some product. There were lots of smiles all the way around. 

• This next week, we plan to meet with Paulo who has a tourism business and small store in Tofu and has offered to sell some of the product on consignment.  

• We also developed a design of  baby booties (shoes) using the locally available fabric of the multipurpose kapalana and submitted it for approval to be a part of the Gendercide Awareness Project www.gendap.org . I received approval today and the ladies will begin making an order of 200 pairs with the possibility of an additional 200. (I am going to attempt to post a picture)
• We have made contact with some students about doing interviews of each of the ladies so that we can better share their stories as a part of the Gendercide Awareness Project as well as through Seeds of Hope. Their journalism teacher has asked to meet with me this coming week.