 The Nowzad District Women's Center in Helmand Province opened for business during a ceremony January 11th. The center provides the local women of Nowzad to place the congregate and work. Sewing machines were purchased so the women would have a means of producing clothing for their families and to sell at the bazaar. In a female engagement team led effort, multiple Marine Corps units and government agencies worked together to fund and oversee the renovations on the center. This is a combined effort that, like I said, we had cooperation, DST, civil affairs, battle space owner and the female engagement team. The female engagement team really deserves the credit for today's events and for how successful the opening ceremony was. More than 100 women and children from the district turned out to celebrate the facility's opening. Reporting from Nowzad District, Helmand Province, I'm Corporal Meredith Brown.