The Parlour continues to do well, with our staff looking to do all they can to maximise services. They have even started sourcing materials and making little pieces to decorate hair.
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Deb Robinson from Adelaide has recently returned from 3 weeks in Mymensingh. Whilst there she visited the home parlour of one of our ex students from the Training Centre.
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We love this photo of Nahida, our team leader for the Hair and Beauty Training College as well as Jennifer Spa Parlour.
Read MoreThe last weekend in October saw Jennifer and Robyn head to Melbourne for The Justice Conference, Hosted by Tear, the Justice Conference is a global movement which aims to encourage and equip people who hear from leading theologians, practitioners and artists.
Read MoreHot on the heels of Jen and Adele leaving, Debra and Hollie from South Australia arrived in Bangladesh. Their focus was more on information gathering and administration/systems support and management, to ensure smooth and efficient running of all the operations, both Training Centre and Parlour.
Read MoreThe end of September, early October saw Jen and Adele head back to Bangladesh. They shared their time between the Training Centre and Jennifer Spa Parlour. Word soon got out and business at the Parlour was brisk through the week.
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Our heart to serve disadvantaged girls and women in East Timor continues. You may remember we started some training there with a group of girls several years ago.
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The realities of life in Bangladesh can seem a bit remote to those of us who live in the comfort and security of Australia. It came a whole lot closer to us about a month ago in an incident involving the son of one of our trainers at the Hair and Beauty Project.
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Meanwhile Semester 2 training is underway with 16 students enrolled in the long course.
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The Parlor's most popular services for the month of July, were eyebrow threading, facials, hair cutting and oil treatments, with party makeup and waxing services, the next most popular for that month.
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Jen Dunkley has been involved with this project for a number of years and travelled to Wyndham to help out Bianca who owns the local store...
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With Jen looking after the store, Bianca was able to join up with Debbie from Halls Creek in Kununurra for a week of intense revision and upskilling with Jennifer Quartermaine and Jonelle Rafols. This prepared them for the challenge of assessment week - here's a few thoughts from Jennifer regarding the time in Kununurra...
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Deb Robinson has recently returned from Mymensingh, working with both the staff and students at our Training Centre, as well as the Parlour staff. From visiting past students in their current workplace to being part of the latest students graduation, Deb filled her days to overflowing! Local floods have again made life challenging for the local people and Deb was a huge help in filling in for teachers and generally supporting them.
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Meanwhile our brand new parlour which opened in January is more than meeting expectations. Deb spent time there as well, helpfully volunteering for the staff to hone their skills.
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The name is an uncomfortable fit for Jennifer, Founder and Executive Director of EmpowerAid and the Bangladesh Hair and Beauty Project. In Bangladesh, the partner organisation, Symbiosis International are so grateful for the fruit of the training in the life of their country, that they were very insistent that this name was the only option!!
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