Rashida Begum and Nurul, her son the tailor

Mrs. Rashida Begum joined the LHCB Women’s Savings Group in her village and began contributing a small amount to the group's savings fund. After a time Rashida took a loan of Tk 5000 ($80) from the group fund to buy new materials for her son's tailoring business. This money helped her son’s business get off to a good start and the family monthly income grew to Tk 1000 ($16). From the monthly profits, Rashida repaid her family’s loan to the savings group. As the family business continued to expand, she continued taking and repaying additional loans allowing her son to hire an additional tailor to meet the demands of the increasing business.

Rashida is thankful to LHCB for the opportunity given her to become a member of the Women’s Savings group with access to credit facilities. The family business now earns more that Tk 3000 ($48) a month and her loans are repaid in full.