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Teach Sewing to Refugee Youth!

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ORGANIZATION: BCCC Refugee Youth Project

  • 4 people are interested

RYP is looking for sewing volunteer instructor to teach beginner and intermediate level skills to refugee youth Wednesdays afternoons 4-6pm in Catonsville, MD. You’ll be make teaching our students through a number of different sewing projects, as part of our small social enterprise program. Our students are middle to high aged with intermediate to advanced levels of English. While the number of students you’ll work with vary from each week to week, our students are highly engaged and always excited to sew. Sewing materials provided.

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About BCCC Refugee Youth Project

Location:

The Baltimore Resettlement Center, 3516 Eastern Ave, BALTIMORE, MD 21224, US

Mission Statement

The Baltimore City Community College Refugee Youth Project seeks to improve the lives of Baltimore’s youngest refugees by supporting their academic needs and making their integration simple and meaningful.n.

Description

RYP is committed to its mission of creating a safe environment for refugee children to improve their literacy skills, enhance their knowledge of American culture, engage in enriching extracurricular activities, and grow to be confident, caring individuals. Each year, we serve over 300 students from ages 4-21 through quality services including after-school tutoring, mentoring, summer school, community arts, and social enterprise programs. Our students come from over 17 different countries, including Bhutan, Burma, Iraq, Eritrea, Congo, Syria, and Sudan.

CAUSE AREAS

Immigrants & Refugees
Immigrants & Refugees

WHEN

Wed Jan 25, 2017 - Wed May 03, 2017
04:00 PM - 06:00 PM

WHERE

1040 S Beechfield AveBaltimore, MD 21206

(39.3404,-76.5341)
 

SKILLS

  • Sewing

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REQUIREMENTS

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