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Article

5 Mar 2013

Author:
Daniel Schearf, Voice of America

Burma Bakehouse Helps Disadvantaged Women

A group of bakers in…Rangoon, is seeking to help disadvantaged women with training that…also provides life-skills classes to place Burmese women in the growing hospitality industry…Yangon Bakehouse [is] a social enterprise started by four female friends…to help other women in need. Co-founder…Heatherly Bucher said the training and modest wage helps many of the women get out of debt, rebuilds their dignity, and gives them hope…[T]hey select women who are unable to earn a living for their families “…[W]e're trying to help some of the most disadvantaged women…that…missed those opportunities to develop life skills and job skills and need a chance to not only support their families, but to participate in the economy…”said Bucher.