Loving Hugs, Inc. is working with LesEcoles du Coeur, a school in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa, to give 'loving hugs' (stuffed animals) to children in orphanages, hospitals, and prisons in their area, by having their sewing students make these lovable "anytime hugs" for those children.
Instead of paying a large shipping company to send 'loving hugs' (stuffed animals) to the children in Kinshasa, Loving Hugs, Inc. is paying these women sewing students to make them through their school's program for us to give to the children in need of a comforting hug. This is helping these women to earn an income to help support their own children.
If we are able to find ways to help people more directly and locally -through education and jobs, they can help to change the world around them in positive ways. If they become educated and realize its value, they are more likely to insure and prioritize an education for their children. We can help them by supporting these programs that will eventually lead them to being able to help each other, without a charitable handout from the outside.
By learning different skills, people become more self-confident. If we can help offer them ways to learn skills through supporting educational and vocational programs at these schools, or if we can offer help through Micro Credits when they graduate so that they could start their own businesses, supporting themselves and their families, we can help these people to create a better future for themselves and their families; their world and ours.
Groupe Scolaire La Tendresse, Kinshasa, DRC, Africa: Loving Hugs, Inc. is also working with Groupe Scolaire LaTendresse to help with funding of their educational and vocational programs for children in Kinshasa. Along with their regular basic education classes, Groupe Scolaire La Tendresse, like Les Ecoles du Coeur, is also developing vocational programs that will enable them to have self-supporting classes for the school; something that has been unheard of for them to-date. Plans are in the works for offering woodworking classes that will teach students how to make desks, tables, shelving, benches and chairs, and then supply other area schools with those needed items for a fee. They are also developing a mechanical workshop for similar purposes, and an expanded sewing program, which will more fully teach more of their students how to sew, and at the same time provide other area schools with school uniforms sewn by Groupe Scolaire students for a fee.
For information on how to contribute to Loving Hugs, Inc. for these important and much-needed educational and vocational programs, please visit the Giving page. For any questions or comments, you may contact us via the Contact Us page. Loving Hugs, Inc. is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization exempt from federal income tax. Our tax identification number is 26-0354646.
Instead of paying a large shipping company to send 'loving hugs' (stuffed animals) to the children in Kinshasa, Loving Hugs, Inc. is paying these women sewing students to make them through their school's program for us to give to the children in need of a comforting hug. This is helping these women to earn an income to help support their own children.
By learning different skills, people become more self-confident. If we can help offer them ways to learn skills through supporting educational and vocational programs at these schools, or if we can offer help through Micro Credits when they graduate so that they could start their own businesses, supporting themselves and their families, we can help these people to create a better future for themselves and their families; their world and ours.
is also developing vocational programs that will enable them to have self-supporting classes for the school; something that has been unheard of for them to-date. Plans are in the works for offering woodworking classes that will teach students how to make desks, tables, shelving, benches and chairs, and then supply other area schools with those needed items for a fee. They are also developing a mechanical workshop for similar purposes, and an expanded sewing program, which will more fully teach more of their students how to sew, and at the same time provide other area schools with school uniforms sewn by Groupe Scolaire students for a fee.