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Nyalebbe Community Development Association
Project for training in tailoring and cutting
Wanango Pirachel has volunteered to provide training at the beginning of this project.
Wanango has a certificate in tailoring and garment-cutting and three years industry experience.
1 Project Goals and Objectives
The overall goals and objectives for the project are:
• To empower youth in the community by providing them with the necessary skills and knowledge to enable them to become self-reliant
• To instill and develop good moral standards, attitudes and values amongst youth
• To sensitize, mobilize, and unite youth and the community and help them face all challenges positively
• To enable stakeholders to appreciate the role of vocational institutions in the community and as part of rebuilding the nation
• To assist trained youth to become job creators rather than job seekers
• To provide employment
• To provide bridging to continued vocational training
2 Course Content For Tailoring and Garments Cutting
No |
Topic |
Content |
1 |
Orientation and introduction of common tools and workshop rules |
-
Development of an idea of tailoring |
2 |
Introduction to hand sewing |
-
Types of threads their size and application |
3 |
Introduction to sewing or peddling |
-
Introduction to elementary sewing machine and its use |
4 |
- Button holding
- Measurements, cutting out, making up and fitting body rise and width |
Types
of buttons -
Tailor - How
to read and use tape measure |
5 |
Measurements, cutting out, trimming, marking up and fitting |
-
Collar styles |
6 |
Garments making and materials |
-
Girls uniform |
7 |
Garments making and material |
-
Girls uniform |
8 |
Garments making and material |
Continues |
9 |
Garments making and materials |
- Ditto continues |
COURSE/CURRICULUM FOR TAILORING AND GARMENTS CUTTING
WK No |
Practical Training |
HR |
Technology & science |
HR |
Technical Drawing |
HR |
Applied Mathematics or calculations |
HR |
HR |
1 & 2 |
Orientation and introduction of common tools and workshop rules |
56 |
- development of an idea of tailoring - types of tools - care of tools/stores - Types of sewing machines and its operations - Parts of a machine and their functions - Types and size of needles, threads and buttons - Commercial entrepreneurship
|
12
4 |
Introduction of tools used in technical drawing |
4 |
Measurements |
4 |
80 |
3 & 4 |
Introduction to hand sewing |
56 |
- Types of threads their size and application - Types of stitches - Materials used - Hand tools - Population |
12
4 |
Patterns in relation to drawing |
2 |
Measurements |
4 |
80 |
5 |
Introduction to sewing or peddling |
24 |
- Introduction to elementary sewing machine and its use - Types of stitches according to materials - The sewing machine - Working and adjustment belt tension, repair and lubrication - Peddling - Family welfare |
6
4 |
Drawing some parts of sewing machine |
2 |
Introduction to electric metric system units |
4 |
40 |
6 |
Button holding
Terms used in tailoring
Measurements, cutting out, making up and fitting body rise and width |
20 |
- Types of buttons - Stitches used - Tailoring - Tailor - Tailored - Tailor – made - Tailor – piece - Taint - How to read and use tape measure - Where to begin measurements according to the required garments - Stock, color and neck band sizes - HIV / AIDS |
2
2 |
Do |
4 |
Do |
4 |
40 |
7 |
Measurements, cutting out, trimming, marking up and fitting |
28 |
- Collar styles - Stock chest - Waist size
- Commercial entrepreneurship skills |
6
4 |
Drawing patterns and garments |
2 |
Estimates of material required for a particular garment |
4 |
40 |
8 |
Garments making and materials |
28 |
- Girls uniform - Dress - Skirts - Blouse - Baby dress - Adult/men’s trouser all types - Women’s overall and apron all types - Fashion and types - Commercial entrepreneurship |
6
4 |
do |
2 |
Estimates of materials required for a particular garments |
4 |
40 |
9 |
Garments making and material |
28 |
- Cutting - Population |
6 4 |
Do |
2 |
Costing of finished products |
4 |
44 |
10 |
Garments making and materials |
28 |
- Ditto continues - family welfare |
6 4 |
Application of pattern to flowered or figured materials |
2 |
Cost of finished products |
4 |
44 |
11 |
Revision and test |
28 |
Revision of earlier work covered HIV/AIDS |
6
4 |
Revision of earlier work |
2 |
Revision and test |
4 |
44 |
12 |
Exams |
28 |
|
6 |
Exams |
2 |
|
4 |
40 |
3. Overall budget, local inputs, anticipated income, outside assistance needs for starting up
[text to come]
4. Assistance package
This table sets out the package of assistance with which we would like support from outside organisations and individuals. You will see that this is very basic, it is a start point... we can learn, adjust, improve, starting this way.
Funds specified in Uganda Shillings - Nyalebbe is isolated from the rest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, trade is with Uganda.
Please write to Vince if you can help.
S/N |
Item description |
Unit
|
Quantity
|
Unit
cost |
Unit cost US D |
Amount |
Amount |
1 |
Sewing machines |
Pcs |
5 |
250,000 |
162.3 |
1,250,000 |
811.5 |
2 |
Cutting Scissors |
Pcs |
10 |
9500 |
6.16 |
95,000 |
62 |
3 |
Curve |
Pcs |
5 |
7000 |
4.54 |
35,000 |
22 |
4 |
Tape measure |
Pcs |
4 |
10,000 |
6.4 |
40,000 |
26 |
5 |
Thread |
Box |
35 |
3500 |
2.27 |
122,500 |
79 |
6 |
Sewing Needles (16 & 19) |
Packet |
35 |
2000 |
1.29 |
70,000 |
45 |
7 |
Training Tutors |
Month |
6 |
100,000 |
51.14 |
1,200,000 |
613.68 |
8 |
Lubricating oil |
Bottles |
50 |
1500 |
1 |
75,000 |
50 |
9 |
TOTAL |
|
|
|
|
2,887,500 |
1709.18 |
We have made a start – a donation from the outside for a sewing machine, reported here... and we are making contributions ourselves, to get the machine to work straight away!