I Believe In Miracles currently uses a number of suppliers including:

Oasis Trust
1. Jacobs Well, Mumbai
2. Jacobs Well, Bangalore
Jacobs Well was set up in 1994 to run tailoring courses for young women escaping domestic violence, prostitution, poverty or lack of formal education. The project works in partnership with local churches and other organisations. On completing their training, women can choose to work at home, move to other employment or apply for jobs at Jacobs Well.

Jacobs Well also resource a workshop where graduates from the courses run their own businesses. The aim is that some women will take the training programme back to their own communities, providing others with skills and security.

Training: A basic 9 month programme is offered to young women from disadvantaged backgrounds in construction, design and tailoring.
Workshop: Designer products are sold in the local and international market. Financial sustainability has been achieved through consistent orders. Continued holistic care is provided through education, devotions, counselling, artistic workshops and business opportunities.
Manufacturing Unit: Graduates are given the opportunity to work in the manufacturing unit, which provides a regular income from continuous international orders.

Jacobs Well actively supports the principals of fair trade, providing secure jobs, good working conditions and fair wages.

3. Zoe
Founded by Joanna Heywood in 2000, Zoe Creations employs women in the shanty towns of Lima, Peru to make jewellery, cards, and gift tags. Zoe's strategy is to have materials delivered to the different shanty towns and allows the women to work from home, where they can look after their children as well as work to complete orders. The women are also paid to train others in their skills so that there is opportunity for more people to gain meaningful employment. The women use traditional crochet, beading and chain making techniques to make elegant silver jewellery.

4. Hatti trading
Nepalese women work in a fair trade cooperative to make the buffalo leather bags we sell. In rural areas in Nepal, there is a huge problem with trafficking of women and children into brothels and bonded labour in India. This project helps to tackle this problem by offering training and work in a variety of skills in order to give Nepalese women a means of support and the independence to start a new life.

5. New Overseas Traders
New Overseas Traders is a family firm importing from India. The goods are handmade and their aim is to provide much needed employment particularly in rural areas and also to keep alive traditional craft skills. All workers involved in making and packing the products are treated with respect in good working conditions and are paid fair wages. No child is exploited. The goods and prodction techniques are envirnmentally friendly. NOT reuse packaging and promote the use of newspaper. They use green electricity.

6. Freeset Bags
Each bag tells a story of one woman's journey to freedom. She used to stand with 6,000 other prostitutes in a small but well known area of North Calcutta. She didn't choose her profession; it chose her. Poverty does that. It robs people of their dignity and children of their innocence. She still lives in the same area, but instead of selling her body she makes Freeset Bags. Now she has choices, the choice to work decent hours for decent pay, to re-establish her dignity in her community and to learn to read and write. Now her daughter won't have to stand in the street selling her body like her mother used to. Freedom has been passed on to the next generation. By purchasing a Freeset Bag, you become part of the story of freedom. For more stories visit www.freesetbags.com