Help Train & Develop Women Trading in Pakistan

There is so much emphasis on educating youth and how an entire generation will change with such intervention. This is absolutely true and undoubtedly impactful. 

However, there is a definite need for those who are trying to turn around their lives. Whether through failed marriages, trying to support a child by themselves, or even just trying to work after years at home.

It's not easy and there is constant feedback from society that why couldn't you fit in.

Meet Farida. She's 38 years old and just became an empty nester. She has always loved textiles and fashion design and used to dream of becoming a fashion designer, but gave this all up when she got married at age 18.  These days, her husband has financial problems and now her in-laws are no longer discouraging her from working. In fact, she is being encouraged to. The challenge is she doesn't quite know how to begin. She is making clothes and selling from a tiny profit to her close circle of friends. She's hired a full time tailor and his cut is suiting all well.  But, how does she get new clients. How does she expand her breach and her income.  

That is where this training is so critical. It doesn't make sense in 2019 to only sell to 5 girlfriends.  Technology can bridge all gaps.  Farida wanted to learn how and this training is the bridge she needs to have her products reach more people.

Help us transform the lives of more women like Farida. Thank you!

This group of women would-be entrepreneurs have lived a bit of life, but unfulfilled ones and are desperate to turn their situation around.  They are some of the most inspiring women we've ever met. Despite hardships, despite age, despite often lack of family support, they are determined to build a better life for themselves. 

Meet Seema. She's 38.  Has four children.  Divorced.  Parents have died.  Her ex-husband has now moved cities, remarried and started a second family and just isn't very available for their kids.  At first, she assumed he would continue to support them but payments slowly stopped and she became scared.

At first, she tried to convince him to not miss payments, but soon realized she would have to take the situation in her own hands.

For the first time in her life, she thought about how to make money.  She had limited education and even less business experience. She wasn't very hireable for high enough paying jobs at her age, having never worked before.

So, she thought about selling clothes. She had always made her own clothes, like many women in Pakistan do, using the readily available and very affordable tailors.  She enjoyed making clothes and was good at it.  However, she didn't know how to start it as a business. She understood price points and was thrifty making use of extra fabrics and so forth. She started to invite friends and friends of friends to her place to see and buy her clothes.  What she didn't know is how to scale this further? Also, when she would have enough for a shop, how to hire people to work for her there.  

This is where the training and development is so critical.  

This is where you come in. 

Thank you for your donations. They are helping women like Seema learn. Do donate again and spread the word so more and more women can get the training they need to build impactful businesses and turn their life around.