The Cinderella Foundation Returns to Sierra Leone to Dedicate the “Precious Beauty Center"

A full service salon purchased by the foundation to grant the women of Sierra Leone a place of business to improve the lives of their families and break the poverty cycle.
 
Feb. 24, 2011 - PRLog -- Greenbelt, MD  -  From March 21-27, 2011, the Cinderella Foundation, a [501(c)(3)] organization, will return to Sierra Leone, West Africa, to sponsor their third mission trip with the Cole Stevens Salon and Day Spa design team to continue “Beauty with a Purpose.”  This program has helped break the poverty cycle for at least 300 families by teaching cosmetology and business skills to the women of Sierra Leone, who previously lacked the skills to obtain gainful employment or start their own businesses.

The severe damage left in the wake of the civil war in Sierra Leone still lingers today.  An overwhelming number of men, once the sole breadwinners of their families, are now incapacitated due to war injuries and are unable to provide for their families.  Because of this abrupt shift in their everyday lives, the women are now seeking means of employment to sustain their families.

“If you invest in empowering a Sierra Leonean woman, she will invest 90% of her profits in feeding, caring for, and educating her children.  Teaching the skills of cosmetology and business can help a woman in Sierra Leone earn a wage, barter for necessities and help in her survival”, states Diane Cole Stevens, founder.  For this renowned hair stylist, the Cinderella Foundation was the medium needed to initiate change and opportunity in the lives of women in need. Stevens is already helping a number of local teenage girls in the Washington, DC area with life-skills training, tutoring, motivational talks, and etiquette tips.

This trip to Sierra Leone is very significant, because it will include a special dedication and ribbon cutting ceremony for the “Precious Beauty Center”; a women empowerment salon center, which was purchased by the Cinderella Foundation, who also pre-paid the lease for one full year.  The center is owned and operated by the women enrolled in the “Beauty with a Purpose” program and includes a full service salon aimed at providing a stable, productive environment for the women of Sierra Leone to utilize the skills learned from the Cole Stevens Salon design team.  

To make the Sierra Leone mission a success, the Cinderella Foundation needs partners to donate everything from eyebrow tweezers, flat irons, cosmetology and business textbooks, to money for a generator, etc.   Monetary donations can be made by visiting http://www.CinderellaFoundation.org or emailing cinderellafoundation@gmail.com for more information.

About the Cinderella Foundation

The Cinderella Foundation is designed to empower African American and African girls and women living in high risk and low income communities in the Washington Metropolitan region and abroad.

About Cole Stevens Salon and Day Spa

Cole Stevens Salon & Day Spa is the leader in luxury hair care and opulent spa services, offering a complete range of innovative products and services. Cole Stevens is dedicated to providing total beauty and creating a unique portrait of style for each individual.

About Diane Cole Stevens

Diane Cole Stevens has established a reputation for her clean, modern cuts and impeccable approach to style. She turned her attention and talent towards revolutionizing the cut and shaping of the hair, and developing a system to meet the high standards of the salon’s A-list clientele, and to address the specific needs of different hair types.

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