investing in the future thriving of our community. when refugees arrive, they ve been through the trauma in their home place. they need extra resources and you have to go about that help in a different way. it s a non-profit social enterprise. we hire refugee women and train them to sew at a professional level using industrial machines to equip them with skills to prepare them for the workplace and during that training, they are making a line of women and children s c s clothes. we sell that in the marketplace to help generate revenue to support the organization. we re providing them with wrap around services. english classes, computer literacy classes and financial
level using industrial machines to equip them with skills that prepare them for the workplace, and during that training they are making a line of women s and children s clothes and we sell that clothing in the marketplace to help generate revenue to support the organization. we re also providing them with wrap around services. the other skills that they will need to really be self-sufficient here in america. good job. english classes, computer literacy classes, mental health services and financial literacy classes. after coming here i learned i can be treated without discrimination. stephanie and vickrey company have given me motivation and courage to enter society, to ensure and help me find friends. it is a good feeling. the shooting at oxford high school in michigan that left four students dead and several
population living below the poverty line. there are no libraries in delores s neighborhood. she tells us our children have to take three buss to get to the library. they shouldn t have to do that. access is important. indeed, access is important. according to fcc, some 80% of fortune 500 companies like target, walmart, costco, require online job applications. so that is why it is important that delores teaches computer literacy classes at her local rec center. that s just the tip of the iceberg. delores has volume unteared her one-story brick house to be the epi center of an internet distribution method dubbed mesh. delores s chimney will hold a 3 foot long wireless device providing a wireless internet hub that allows for access
year. fresh start draws participants in with culinary training but also offers computer literacy classes, job readiness and life skills. inmates take part in their communities, cooking and serving holiday meals. once an inmate has completed the program and left rikers island, fresh start offers job and school placement assistance. wondering if it works? since its inception, 1,500 men have completed fresh start. the new york times reports that of the inmates who take part in the program, 90% do not return to jail within the year. cost to the city? $5,000 per participant. many people come together to make fresh start possible, but liz gains is the program life blood and driving force. as she told us, to be effective in this work you have to spend time in jail to listen to what people need. it s not a job you can do behind a desk. for getting out from behind that desk and for making a difference to those who so many would just as soon forget, liz gains is our