With your generous support you can help us realise Peta's dream of empowering the women and girls of Zimbabwe to improve their inner and outer lives. Here you can donate directly to fund anything from a student's annual scholarship and essential equipment to fabric, needles and thread. Every donation goes a long way! See below for the various ways you can give.
PayPal donations will be processed through the PayPal account of Patrick Barrett, the USA administrator for the Maharishi Institute in Zimbabwe since 2010. Credit card donations are will show Patrick Barrett on your statement.
You can also donate via Global Projects for Peace for US tax deductible donations. (See below)
If you are in Sweden and you would like to donate, please swish to this number: 076-1135858
Support a 10 month scholarship at the cost of $30 per month per student. Each student will receive fashion design tuition and skills training as well as TM instruction and checkings, empowering them with life-long tools and techniques to improve their inner and outer lives. Learn more about the program here.
At the end of the 10 month training program, each student will sit for examinations at Speciss College in Harare to earn their internationally recognised City & Guilds qualification in Fashion Design enabling them to work anywhere in the world with this lucrative trade.
One of the most basic needs for the program is having enough good quality electric sewing machines, so each student can have their own machine and workspace for their creations.
Sometimes power outages occur in this rural area so having a good supply of manual sewing machines will keep students going in their projects without interruption no matter what the outside situation.
We're starting from scratch, so even the most basic items are needed to get the program set up and running smoothly and comfortably. Tables and chairs can be built or repurposed from the community with your donation funds for materials.
Beautiful fabrics native to Zimbabwe will be purchased to provide students with plenty of materials to begin their creative pursuits in fashion design. Your donation for fabrics will open up a world of possibilities for our students.
Needles, thread, scissors, tape measures, pins, buttons, and many more supplies are needed to start the sewing and ensure the uninterrupted work of our students and they learn and earn.
Donate any amount you can afford. Every little bit will help us to realise Peta's dream of empowering women and girls in Zimbabwe to improve their inner and outer lives.
If you are living in the United States and would like your donation to be tax deductible, you can make your donation through Global Projects for Peace. Every dollar counts. Thank you!