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1. Entrepreneurs apply.
Bineta is a talented seamstress in Senegal, West Africa. Her gorgeous dresses are in high demand - but because she sews them by hand, she produces at most one or two per week.
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2. Funders choose.
One day a friend invites Bineta to join Zidisha, and she posts a proposal to fund her dream: an electric sewing machine.
Dozens of people around the world chip in to fund Bineta's project.
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3. Production increases.
The new sewing machine triples Bineta's production capacity. She now makes six dresses per week!
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4. Jobs are created.
Bineta raises a second project to open a studio. She hires her first employee.
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5. Business earnings improve lives.
Bineta now comfortably supports her children with the profits from her dress sales.
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6. The next generation gets a head start.
Bineta uses her increased income to send her teenage daughter to a college preparatory school.
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7. Funds are recycled to new entrepreneurs.
Bineta reinvests 100% of the funds she raised in other entrepreneurs on the platform. One of them is Soni in Indonesia, who uses the funds to open an after-school tutoring center in his village. The cycle repeats!