Our women’s English classes have been running for over 10 years now! It’s been beautiful to see our student body grow from just a handful in 2013 to having served 114 women in the past school year (and nearly 70 preschool aged children as well!). One of the ways we’d like to expand the program [...]
I ran out and introduced myself to the new family who had moved in across the street, in Dari! (I’ve learned just a few words and greetings in the past month.) I had seen the man smoking while squatting on a chair on his front step. I had seen several children in their traditional clothes [...]
Afghan refugees are in Nashville, and they need our help! Nearly 300 new arrivals have been or are being resettled mostly in Northern Nashville. Many groups are working together to meet the needs of our new neighbors. Our strength is education, so we're coordinating some English classes for these new arrivals. Women's English class opportunities [...]
Have you ever thought you want to branch out into some international food but didn't know where to start or if you'd even like the food? Well, we're here to give you a hand and share with you our favorite places to go in mostly South Nashville. These are the restaurants we recommend in Nashville [...]
This year we asked all of our home office staff to share their favorite Christmas songs! Here's what they shared and a little about each of them (in no particular order). Lisa Harris has been with SGI since 2004. She's been leading and coordinating our trips to Greece and made many trips to Iraq to [...]
From a Sew For Hope graduate and advanced student: Before I joined Sew For Hope I was a housewife who lacked self-confidence and was always depressed. I really wanted to work, but it was not possible because I have a baby until my friend's proposal to me to join Sew For Hope. I learned so much sewing [...]
I felt like I was doing a lot of waving. With both hands. At least in between picking up the bags of craft projects to hand to each of the kids holding bags of lunches. It wasn’t until later when my teammate mentioned how wearing masks made it difficult to show a smile that I [...]
Well, for starters, we’re still here and we’re still working to encourage and equip the body of Christ to love and serve our Middle Eastern and refugee neighbors. First, in Iraq, our team is doing well and has finished out the school year. The Medes School has been partly in person and partly online. We [...]
We're continuing to raise funds to finish renovating our new and larger Refugee Sewing Center. With your gift, we can empower more refugee women in Nashville with the skills and community they need to help them succeed. We’re getting close! The walls are framed in and new shelves went up just this past week. There’s [...]
