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MICRO SUCCESS STORIES
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BUSHRA BIBI |
Bushra Bibi is a resident of Village Ladhay Wala Warraich,
District Gujranwala. Due to poor economic conditions of
the village, women actively help their male counterparts in
earning livelihoods for their respective families. Most
women in the village were trained in packing fabric
napkins but because of lack of monetary resources were
unable to purchase raw material (fabric). Bushra applied and was gtanteda loan of Rs. 8,000 that
she invested to purchase fabric for manufacturing napkins.
Her business started growing and alJ.hotelsin Gujranwala
became her major clients. She would earn a profit of Rs.
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| 75 per kg and a sale of an average 200 packets a month; which resulted in a handsome monthly
incomethat helped her improve the financial copditions of her family. |
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| Her future plan is to purchase a cutting machine to reduce the material costs and to~xpand her
business by launcbing a retaIl outlet at 1'1erplace. She also aspires to involve her fellow vilfage
womenfor the packaging of napkins. |
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| NASIM BIBI |
| Naseem Bibi hails from village Ladhay Wala Waraich,
Gujranwala. Her husband isa gardener in a private
school Witha meagre monthly Wage of Rs.3,000/-.
Naseem Bibi's family lived under poverty line for years
until Naseem Bibi decided to learn skills in fancy
embroidery with a vision that one day this skill would free
her family from the chains of poverty. |
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Naseem Bibi initially used to do fancy embroidery on
bridal dresses for 15 consecutive days and the
middleman paid her mere Rs:1,400/. Naseem Bibi was well aware that the same dress was
selling for Rs.8,000/- in the market. The middleman was unjust in paying her for the hard labour
she put in. Had she had the money to buy fabric, tools, thread, embellishmet items and frames
for embroidery she would have fetched better rewards for her hard work. |
| A close acquaintenece introduced her to First Women Bank Ltd. where she eventually got the
loan from. Toady, Naseem Bibi earns twice what she used to earlier earn. Due to increase in
income her family's lifestyle improved, she even purchased a small Television from her savings
and more so got her younger daughter admitted in the school which was a dream before. |
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