Shabby Apple: great dresses that make dressing simple.
Shabby Apple: great dresses that make dressing simple.
Shabby Apple: great dresses that make dressing simple.

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Helping Women Worldwide

Bhagyamma Vadla

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Bhagyamma Vadla

Microfinance Client Since: 2000
Age: 26, Married
Children: One son, 8 years old
Hometown: Medak, India
Current loan: 4th loan, $250
Business: Buffalo milk sales and sewing

Bhagyamma used to struggle to find work. Her family frequently went hungry. With her first loan she bought a buffalo and began selling the milk to neighbors. Subsequent loans helped her purchase a sewing machine so she can take in mending for extra profit. Now, her family eats regular, nutritious meals. Bhagyamma is extremely proud to say that now they can afford to pay their son's school fees. He's the first in their family to ever go to school.
 

We at Shabby Apple Dresses love to help women dress but are also commited to helping women live as well.  Thus we are supporting the fight against global poverty by partnering with Unitus-a non-profit organization that accelerates access to life-changing financial services for those at the bottom of the economic pyramid. Shabby Apple donates 5% of its net dress sales to support work in India (where Shabby Apple Dresses sources many of its dresses the textiles used to manufacture its dresses).  In addition, each Shabby Apple Dresses customer has the opportunity to donote an extra five dollars to Unitus every time she buys a dress. Shabby Apple Dresses and Unitus are involved with 10 of India's most promising microfinance organizations that provide financial services to more than 1.6 million hard-working women and their families.

By buying Shabby Apple dresses, you're helping change the lives of women around the world like Beebijaan. Shabby Apple Dresses is sharing 5% of its profits with Unitus, an organization working to bring life-changing micro-loans to thousands more of the world's working poor. Purchase a dress to help or learn more at www.shabbyapple.com/helpwomenworldwide