Five professors from the Wehle School of Business have been engaged in efforts to assist local refugee communities with establishing micro-businesses. At present, Patricia Hutton, PhD is working closely with the Bhutanese-Nepali community to establish a small super market type store. The women of the community want to participate in their own micro-business and have requested sewing lessons.
Volunteers are needed to teach these local women how to sew. Days and times are very flexible. This is a wonderful endeavor and the Bhutanese women are eager to learn so that they can sell their goods, pooling them together to create a business. Other Canisius business professors involved include Ron Rivas, PhD; Ji-Hee Kim, PhD; Coral Snodgrass, PhD and Patricia Johnson.
Donations of sewing machines that work, and have a manual, are also welcome. Please contact Dr. Hutton at hutton@canisius.edu or Ext. 2673. Please cc: Sr. Patricia Brady, SSMN, director, Office for Community-Based Learning, when contacting Hutton by Email.
Submitted by: Sr. Patricia Brady, SSMN, director, community-based learning
