Olga’s products range from uniforms to one-of-a-kind dresses, and she and her 11 employees produce all of it in Chisinau, Moldova. Despite her custom designs, Olga’s clothing is more affordable than other options her clients could find in Turkey or Ukraine. Olga used her loan to purchase additional fabric and materials to supply three boutiques with her designs. One day she hopes to open boutiques in Moscow.
![Before Eveness Mulungu joined the Walusungu (“mercy”) savings group through our church partner in Malawi, she faced days where she and her family ate animal feed because they couldn’t afford human food. But that changed when she joined the savings group. Eveness used her first group loan of about $1.70 (U.S.) to start a business selling doughnuts and beans.
“By the end of my first cycle I made $140 (U.S.),” Eveness shared. “My life is no longer the same now; [I] was regarded as no one in the community. ... This was the first time in my life that I ever touched and owned big money like this!”
Pictured: Eveness, with her husband in front of their piggery—a third successful business that she operates.](https://blog.hopeinternational.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)