Saima Mohammad is a client of WWB Network Member, Kashf Foundation. As the Pulitzer Prize winning journalists Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn tell it in their new book, "Half the Sky," Saima's worst crime was being married to a frustrated, unemployed man. Beaten, shunned and shamed for not bearing him a son, Saima turns her life around when she gets a $65 loan from Kashf. This allows her to start an embroidery business that ultimately leads to her family's well-being and changes the opinions of her mother-in-law and husband about her.

Read her story and watch Oprah tell it herself:

http://www.oprah.com/article/oprahshow/oprahshow/pkgregistry/20090925-to...

Listed below are the NY/Chicago/Washington DC airing details:

Date: October 1, 2009
Chicago - WLS - Channel 7 - 9:00 am – CST
New York City - WABC - Channel 7 - 4:00 pm EST
Washington DC - WJLA - Channel 7 - 4:00 pm EST