Sew for Sisterhood

Currently active in Ghana, the GO Fund’s Sew for Sisterhood program trains women in batik (tie-dye) and sewing in order to make fashion-forward products for a discerning customer.

Fourteen women have been trained by fashion designer Monica Wontorski and currently produce all of the fashionable products for sale locally and internationally. The beneficiaries of this program are marginalized women, many of whom are undereducated and/or widowed. Lacking proper education and technical skills training, these women have very few options beyond the traditional roles of wife and mother.

The proceeds of the Shop enable them to support themselves and their families. The ultimate goal of this program is for the women involved to become economically independent and self-sufficient. Currently, the women are working towards formalizing their business using a permanent market stall in the large neighboring city of Cape Coast.