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The War Cry | MARCH 2015
Ruma lives in Bangladesh.
There are thousands of stories
like hers, of women in Kenya,
Pakistan, Bangladesh and Mol-
dova who make Others products.
Others (formerly known as Sally
Ann) began in Bangladesh in the
mid-1990s with Salvation Army
officers Commissioner Birgitte
and Colonel Bo Brekke, a few
Bangladeshi women and a vision
of transformation through trade.
Eventually, Others connected mar-
kets in producer countries with
markets elsewhere in the world to
form sales channels. The goal was
to create work for more people so
that sustained livelihoods could
effect long-term transformation.
There is a unique story be-
hind every product handcrafted
by a woman linked to Salvation
TRADE
FOR
HOPE
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Photos by April Foster