Sudara Stories: Dhana

We love sharing stories of the women who, as part of a skills-training program, sew together PUNJAMMIES®. The Sudara Stories series highlights a few of these strong, amazing women. Today, we are honored to introduce Dhana.

Sudara Stories: Somma

We love sharing stories of the women who, as part of a skills-training program, sew together PUNJAMMIES®. The Sudara Stories series highlights a few of these strong, amazing women. Today, we are honored to introduce Somma.

Sudara Stories: Annu

We love sharing stories of the women who, as part of a skills-training program, sew together PUNJAMMIES®. The Sudara Stories series highlights a few of these strong, amazing women. Today, we are honored to introduce Annu.  Annu’s Story of Hope and Freedom Annu remembers moving from village to village and city to city as a […]

Sudara Stories: Bhara

We love sharing stories of the women who, as part of a skills-training program, sew together punjammies®. The Sudara Stories series highlights a few of these strong, amazing women. Today, we are honored to introduce Bhara. Bhara’s Story of Hope and Freedom Bhara’s mother, Esther, was sold into the sex trade as a young girl. […]

Inspired By: The Journey

Today, we’re sharing one of our favorite Mary Oliver poems and an image captured by travel photographer, Paula Watts (©Paula Watts Photography), while visiting one of the Sudara partner sewing centers. The Journey One day you finally knewwhat you had to do, and began,though the voices around youkept shoutingtheir bad advice-though the whole housebegan to […]

Rise and Chai – with Paula Watts Photography

This is such a treat. Paula Watts is an NGO Photographer and longtime friend of Sudara. She just returned to the States after almost 3 years in India. Today, we’ll be sharing just a few of the images she captured travelling throughout India and have asked her a few questions about this mysterious ‘Chai Tea’ we’ve […]

Sudara Stories: Priya

We love sharing stories of the women who, as part of a skills-training program, sew together PUNJAMMIES®.  The Sudara Stories series highlights a few of these strong, amazing women. Today, we are honored to introduce Priya. Priya’s Story of Freedom and Hope Priya could tell you about a childhood filled with sexual abuse by family, […]

Sudara Stories: Sumi

We love sharing stories of the women who, as part of a skills-training program, sew together PUNJAMMIES®. The Sudara Stories series highlights a few of these strong, amazing women. Today, we are honored to introduce Sumi. Sumi’s Story of Hope and Freedom Sumi’s father died when she was a young girl from HIV/AIDS; he had […]

Sudara Stories: Lelitha

We love sharing stories of the women who, as part of a skills-training program, sew together PUNJAMMIES®. The Sudara Stories series highlights a few of these strong, amazing women. Today, we are honored to introduce Lelitha. Lelitha’s Story of Hope and Freedom Lelitha grew up with an alcoholic father. She told us that she still […]

The Cycle of Sex Trafficking…and the Pathway to Freedom

Since we began our work in India, over 300 women have been employed through one of our Sudara sewing center partners. That means over 300 women who are living in freedom from sex slavery. Over 300 women who have a newfound hope for their future. What you may not know is that your support has […]