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Wanna know one of my most favorite purchases that I have ever made for myself?  Yes it's PUNJAMMIES!  These pajama pants are the best I have ever owned and I actually wore mine out and just had to throw them away.  I wore them literally every night for years and years.  Not only are they super comfy, but they are super stylish.  Don't you want something you can hang out around the house in as well, and not just sleep in.  These are them!

PUNJAMMIES™ are created in after-care facilities for women who have been rescued, released or escaped from a life of forced prostitution. Their lives have been marked by a message – you are a commodity – to be used for others' gain.

Whether sold by her own family, trafficked from another country or driven by desperation, she was a slave to this life. Each story is as unique as each woman.

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When a woman escapes from this life, she has few options. Beyond their emotional and psychological trauma, women in India who have been forced to work as prostitutes cannot easily enter schools, return to family systems or secure jobs to support themselves. A high-quality after-care center is one of the best options a woman has for rebuilding her life.

Holistic aftercare involves quality medical care, emotional safety, education along with the tools and community to create a new way of living.

PUNJAMMIES™ is the vehicle used to empower each woman.  Instead of the vicious cycle of her former life, the making of PUNJAMMIES starts her on her own virtuous cycle of self-reliance and dignity.  A simple thing like making pajamas is what it takes.  With the brothel behind and opportunity ahead in a new, supportive community, she is gradually restored to health.  When its time, she is trained to sew — and more importantly, to contribute as an integral part of an inter-dependent team.   Here is where she learns that she is valuable, to take pride in her work, and to trust again. To trust again–in herself and in others!  Her past diminishes and her future brightens.  She is becoming the kind of person she was made to be!

When one woman was asked about how her life has changed, she said, “In the brothels, I was alone. But now I have sisters.”

Every pair of PUNJAMMIES™ tells the story of a woman who was, once, voiceless. When you buy her PUNJAMMIES, you are key part of her path, out of modern-day slavery, into a life of hope, dignity and freedom.

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These awesome pajama pants come in long, capri, and even shorts.  I have a pair of shorts and in the summer they are the best for sleeping and wearing around the house!  If you have a woman in your life that you are buying for this Christmas season I can't recommend these enough!  She will love you for these, and when she reads the story about how they were made it will be the best gift ever!

Wear PUNJAMMIES™. Wear hope.
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