Artisan community no longer has to rely on loan sharks to fund their businesses

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Members of the SUVAS artisan community in Surendranagar, a village in Gujarat, India, have a beautiful skill — the ability to create unique textiles and garments. Sadly, they are too far from nearby cities to know which designs are in style and they have no way to sell their goods there. The community relies on sales of the textiles in order to support their families and send their children to school. Life is very difficult for this community because of their extreme remoteness and minimal income.

Until recently, community members took loans from loan sharks so that they could travel to nearby cities and sell their goods. Even though the sharks charged these artisans high interest rates, the artisans simply had no choice. Many of them are now in a worse financial state as they repay those loans.

Your donation will help the families in the village get training to design and create textiles that they can sell online. All funds will go back to the artisans.