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

Shabby Apple Dresses are . . .

Helping Women Worldwide

Suchitra Gain

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Suchitra Gain

Microfinance Client Since: 2004
Age: 30, married
Children: one son and one daughter
Hometown: Haringhata, West Bengal, India
Current loan: First loan, $68
Business: Weaver, garment-maker

With her first loan she bought a weaving machine and now she sells her clothing in the market. Her sales have grown tremendously. With her new profits, Suchitra sends her children to school and has improved her family's health by buying a proper sanitation system for their home.

"Because of microfinance, I feel happy at the end of each day. I've always worked hard, but now my hard work is resulting in profit and I can improve my own life and the lives of my children."
 

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