Mrs Raasri Sirimongkholokaan 
Raasri is 37 years old and as two children who are studying in school, a daughter who is eleven years old and a son who is six.  Before the tsunami hit, she worked as a laundry women, but has not been able to find work since.  She lost all of her belongings and her house were totally lost.
              Mrs Sudchai Maliwan
Sudchai is 54 years old.  Her three children are studying in school.  She currently has no job and is without an income.
                    Miss Aree Sairiw
Aree is 55 years old and also has no income.  She is a newly baptized Christian.  She teamed up with Sudchai to make purses together, as one weaved the purses and the other made the handles and clasps.
                Waraan  Tongkhlam 
Waraan has no children, and her husband died in the tsunami.  She has not been able to find a job since the tsunami hit
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mrs Kwanrethai Gengdiaw
Kwan is 24 years old and has 2 children, a daughter named Maneerat Numuern who is currently studying in nursery school in Baan Bang Niang school, and a son called MongKhon Numuern who is 2 years old.  Her 28-year-old husband, Mr Ampon Numuern, earns income of 5000 baht, about 125 dollars a month.  
 
              Mrs Prapaat Nopharit 
Prapaat is 75 years old with no children.  She is currently living in the Bang  displaced persons camp because her home was lost in the tsunami.
                Mrs Sawai Khlanganaan                                                                                  
Sawai is 66 years old and has one son.  At present, she lives in the Bang Niang displaced persons camp, as the tsunami took her home.  She currently has no work, and she has only received money from making these totes.
Stories of the Women
Pikul Saisajul
Pikul is married with 2 children, a son and a daughter.  Her husband is a hired fisherman working for a local company.  Pikul applied to work in hotels but did not get a job.  She had been turned down twice.  Now, she is able to earn a living working at Step Ahead Thai Totes.
Walaipor Saelor
Nicknamed ‘Oor’.  She is married to a fisherman and has a 6 year old daughter who is at school.  Coming from a poor family she had to work hard as a construction worker on a building site.  Now she works for Step Ahead Thai Totes making bags.