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The challenge
Training alone does not pay the rent. Women who complete vocational courses — many of them refugees — often struggle to find stable, fairly paid work.
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What Impact did
In November 2023, Impact put its vision for sustainable employment into practice by opening a sewing factory in Ain Shams, Cairo — creating a direct route from the training room to the production floor.
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Who took part
85 full-time staff today, 40% of whom are Sudanese. Over the past year, more than 700 women were trained in sewing.
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What changed
30% of the women trained over the past year were employed. The factory produces around 70,000 pieces a month, and new workshops have opened in Alexandria and Aswan.
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What comes next
Impact is developing its own product lines — Naseej by Impact, Beams and Osoul — to grow sales, exports and the number of stable jobs.
Sewing Factory
Inside the Impact Sewing Factory
