Rukmini joined our first tailoring batch with a borrowed machine and a goal of earning ₹3,000 a month. Her group now has forty members, its own bank account and a standing order from two of our CSR partners.
She trains every new batch herself and is quick to tell them that the hardest part was not the stitching but the first time she quoted a price.
“The first time I quoted a price, my voice shook. Now I quote it twice.”— Rukmini
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