SUDARA on TEDxBend!!!!

We have followed, admired and learned from so many great minds who have taken the TEDx stage and shared their 18 minutes of wisdom; so when our founder and CEO, Shannon Keith, was invited to participate, we sort of flipped our lids. You cannot imagine… [or perhaps you can] the unbelievable privilege it was to be […]

Sudara Stories: Swartha

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 Swartha. Swartha’s Story of Hope and Freedom Swartha came to one of the Sudara partner sewing centers after her mother […]

How Motherhood Ignites a Passion for a Better Wold

For most, it begins with a physical manifestation that starts with bodily changes, poetically foreshadowing the life being formed from within you and the power it has to change you, whether you consent or not. For countless others, motherhood is conceived first in their hearts, as her child may be birthed from another woman’s body, yet […]

Sudara Stories: Sara

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 Sara. Sara’s Story of Hope and Freedom Sara grew up with a father who was an alcoholic. She spent many […]

Guest Post: Business as Freedom in South Asia

This guest post is a true privilege to share. Emily Yount studied Human and Organizational Development & Women’s and Gender Studies at Vanderbilt University. She is a Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholar and a Keegan Travelling Fellow. Over the past year, she has been traveling, researching and writing her way through Asia to better understand exploitation as it relates to […]

Sudara Stories: Karuna

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 Karuna. Karuna’s Story of Hope and Freedom Laxmi, Karuna’s mother, went to Hyderabad looking for a job to help her […]

New Name. Same BIG Mission.

Founder/CEO Shannon Keith Nine years. Just shy of a decade. I am amazed at all that has happened here at International Princess™ Project since our inception back in 2006 when our first pair of PUNJAMMIES® was sewn. Our beginning was a simple one: 6 women employed in our first sewing center with plans for many, […]