Khin Than Su is twenty-seven years old and runs a home based tailoring business in Mandalay, Myanmar. She works a Burmese foot pedal sewing machine and sews textiles and lungi clothing that her sister in Yangon can help her sell. With the help of her niece, the two of them can make about 400 a day and they go door to door selling them for $6 each. She also fills factory orders but then gets only $1 a lungi. She makes about $8 a day. She is still waiting for BRAC to approve a $300 loan to buy...
more »Khin Than Su is twenty-seven years old and runs a home based tailoring business in Mandalay, Myanmar. She works a Burmese foot pedal sewing machine and sews textiles and lungi clothing that her sister in Yangon can help her sell. With the help of her niece, the two of them can make about 400 a day and they go door to door selling them for $6 each. She also fills factory orders but then gets only $1 a lungi. She makes about $8 a day. She is still waiting for BRAC to approve a $300 loan to buy more lungi material. She also sells hair clips, slippers and small goods to help supplement her income. Someday she would like to buy an electric sewing machine. She is single, has six siblings and is currently living with her parents.
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