Chances are, it made your day.
The funny thing is that nowadays, we rely on complete strangers for pretty much everything in our lives:
Your favorite Netflix series, your breakfast this morning, the tea you’re sipping, the phone or laptop you’re reading this on right now, and of course the clothes you wear.
Our lives are powered by the work of others. By people we may never meet, yet touch our lives in exceptional ways.
Before I started SukkhaCitta I never wasted a thought where most of the products in my life came from – let alone who made them. Why am I telling you this? It’s easy to take the work of all these 'strangers' for granted. To forget, in everyday’s busyness, that our choices have a real impact on the invisible women who made it for you.
And this really matters.
Because just like the most random act of kindness can make your day, an accumulation of kind choices can completely change someone’s life.
It’s what happened to Ibu Tur.
She was one of the first women who joined our program. 6 years ago, she was a housewife whose only option was to help out in others’ farms as a day labourer. Earning less than $2 a day, she was barely making ends meet.
This year, she completed her level 3 artisan certification in Rumah SukkhaCitta. She makes 2x the regional minimum wage. And her son is currently one of the first children in her village to be studying in university.
An education that she now can afford because of you.
Do you know how many people are involved to make one #MadeRight shirt – from farm to closet? Twelve.
That’s 12 families just like Ibu Tur’s who can now receive a living wage. Thanks to people like you who are using their choice to create opportunities for others.
When you empower women, you lift her entire community up. Take a journey with me to see the lives you’ve changed through what you wear.
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