Hoops Care International has recently begun work to open a store in the center of the tourist district of Cape Coast. A fundraiser is underway that will help pay for the training of single and teen mothers from the Amanful community along with handicapped women in batik fabric dying. The training will last for three months, and shortly afterward, we will open the store to begin selling their products. We also hope to partner with other handicapped individuals and a nearby special needs school to sell their jewelry, bags, and shoes. Our main goal for this project is to empower the women we are working with by teaching them the skills necessary to make an income and to bring them together in a collaborative community project. We also plan to use the store as a way to inform tourists and locals about HCI and its mission, and to begin to achieve sustainable funding. The income from the store not paid to employees will go entirely towards running HCI office and funding the organization programs and event