ASIA/PAKISTAN-A sewing institute was inaugurated by the religious Camillians cutting for poor girls

Faisalabad (Agenzia Fides) - The religious Camillians have just opened the St. Camillus Sewing Center, in a small village called Chak 6/4-L, MF, in Okara, in the diocese of Faisalabad in Pakistan. This is what father Mushtaq Anjum, MI, told Fides. The center is run by the Lay Camillian Family (LCF) in Okara and has several objectives including the project to improve girls’ skills in sewing their own clothes and those of others, to offer those who are illiterate opportunities to earn money for themselves and for their families, helping them to become useful members of the family and the community making them contribute to the welfare of the group. The center is also committed to giving the girls the basics to enable them to do math calculations, sign and read simple sentences in Urdu language as well as teaching them the Christian catechism. Those who will benefit from this project will be girls between the ages of 15 and 25 belonging to poor families with an income of $ 2 per day. Most of these girls’ parents are illiterate and have little awareness of the importance of competence and formation. According to the note from father Mushtaq, Asia Aslam, president of LCF, Pakistan and the local project coordinator welcomed the guests and said that the education of girls and the concepts taught in this center will bring much fruit for the future. On their behalf, the girls hope that the center continues and does not stop at the end of the project, and in this regard, father Mushtaq gave them hope and ensured continuity with the support of the LCF in Pakistan. (AP) (Agenzia Fides 04/01/2012)