1.0World Vision Advocacyhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.orgKatie Taylorhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/author/kataylor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="nTdUkZT3PP"><a href="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2019/07/03/moms-in-bangladesh-learn-embroidery-to-raise-income/karchupi-embroidery-classes-2/">Karchupi Embroidery Classes</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2019/07/03/moms-in-bangladesh-learn-embroidery-to-raise-income/karchupi-embroidery-classes-2/embed/#?secret=nTdUkZT3PP" width="600" height="338" title="“Karchupi Embroidery Classes” — World Vision Advocacy" data-secret="nTdUkZT3PP" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/D030-0530-18.jpg_415354.jpg800534Women are taking classes in karchupi, a famous, traditional embroidery in Bangladesh, supported by World Vision’s largest sponsorship project in Dhaka. In this center in Dhaka Shishu, called Banshbari A, there are many kinds of services offered to sponsored children and their parents, from health care to skills training, to dance, music, and art. This center, which opened in 2001, is open 12 hours a day—six days a week. Here, children involved in child labor take night classes. Today’s month long course in karchupi is a morning class, from 9-12. “We planned for five days a week but the women asked for seven,” says a World Vision staff person. “They want to learn a lot. After the training they can make dresses and sell them in the market.” Children came with their mothers today on this holiday with no school, watching as their mothers learn to do the beautiful, careful stitching. One mother, Taslima Begum, 32, has been coming to training for eight days. “I want to do something at home,” she says. “I want to earn some money to help my family.” Her husband works in a business that dredges sand from the river. He keeps records, making about $100 per month. Each dress costs 500 taka (US $6.4) in materials. The finished product is 800 taka (US $10.25) Taslima will make 300 taka (US $3.85) per day, bringing in 9,000 (US $115) taka per month, which is more than her husband makes.