December 2022 update.
Dear SewAid teachers and friends, Another year has zoomed by, and due to the continuing restrictions resulting from COVID , we haven’t been able to achieve all that we would […]
Articles by Tony Castley
Refugee Sewing Lessons, Gold Coast
Our weekly sewing training for refugees on the Gold Coast Queensland is progressing well . Of the 12 refugees attending these classes, eight have never used a sewing machine, however on […]
New machines delivered to School for Life Uganda
Three new Juki high speed electronic industrial sewing machines, and one high speed four threader overlocker purchased by SewAid , have now been delivered to School for Life in Katuuso […]
Shipment to Congo ( DRC )
September 1st 2022 Today we packed a pallet of sewing machines and computers bound for Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The pallet contained 8 new Elna 2000 sewing […]
School uniforms from Oecusse East Timor
We recently received these photos from Sister Sabina from the Catholic Convent in Oecusse […]
Fabrics finally arrive Cambodia !
This is a story of a shipment of fabrics from SewAid Sydney to Sustainable Cambodia in Cambodia, which took 2 1/2 years to get there. After a request from Sustainable […]
New Shipments to Projects
COVID -19 has made aid work in third world countries very difficult with no opportunity to actually make trips to our projects for more than one year. However we have […]
Sewaid workshops are making masks and more !
SEWAID PHILIPINES Our Sewaid workshop in the Philippines is meeting the needs of the time, by making masks and other protective gear. Our amazing Maggie and her team have […]
Kiribati programme postponed
Kiribati Postponed Attention Sewaid teachers, and our Kiribati organisers. We have postponed the Kiribati programme from May until July. Proposed dates are now July 22nd to August 6th. Kiribati have […]
Applications for Kiribati are open
Dear Sewaid teachers We have just a couple of vacancies for our next Sewaid program which will be to Kiribati in May 2020. All the details of the trip are […]