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The empowerment plan

With her multi-functional coat, design student Veronika Scott is helping the city’s homeless in ways she never dreamed possible. She devised the “The Empowerment Plan,” a project providing employment, financial independence and hope for the community’s vulnerable.

Listen to the report by Nadine Wojcik in Detroit:

Veronika with her coat blanket

Veronika has had to rethink her approach to design

Anis makes a coat blanket

Working with Veronika has helped Anis turn her life around

Alisha works on a coat blanket

With her new job, Alisha can now pay her rent and care for her sons

: Veronika employs six women in her workshop

Find out more the Empowerment Plan website

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Tuesday 16.04.2013 | 14:36

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Detroit, homelessness, poverty, USA

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