Spotlight on Mila, disabled worker (Peru - SINUTRADIS)

Griselda Milagros Garcia -- everyone calls her Mila -- looks like she's juggling with her machine. Just a few short months ago, who would have believed that this young Peruvian lady, who gets around on crutches, would be able to make all kinds of bags, document cases and, briefcases?
"How on earth do I use a sewing machine? The day I sat down at one, I said to myself: I'll never be able to use this thing. But unconsciously, I was telling myself: Just try it. If you can't do it, no problem. At least you'll have tried. But don't just sit there wondering if you can."

Mila and 30 other members of TRINO, an association for disabled individuals, took a technical training course provided by the municipal authorities of Villa El Salvador, on the outskirts of the Peruvian capital. In this outlying district, one of the poorest in the Lima area, the home sewing class was too good to pass up.

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• disabled
• worker
• solidarity
• decent
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