Sudara Stories: Ela

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 Ela.   Ela’s Story of Hope and Freedom Ela’s mother made a living as a commercial sex worker and frequently […]

Sudara Stories: Kanni

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 Kanni.   Kanni’s Story of Hope and Freedom When Kanni first arrived at one of our partner centers, she was […]

Brands We Love: JOYN

An entrepreneur from a young age and a marketer by trade, Melody Murray CEO+Founder of JOYN, has a mission to provide comprehensive jobs with sustainable business practices. JOYN partners with talented artisans to create 100% handmade (and gorgeous) bags, “each bag is unique. No factories, no automation — because the more hands that it takes […]

Barre3 CEO + Founder Sadie Lincoln is All About Empowerment

Barre3 is all about empowerment. They want to empower everyone who walks through their doors to feel their best from the inside out. Now, this is a mission we can get on board with! We sat down with the incredibly talented Barre3 CEO + Founder, Sadie Lincoln, to talk about the business of empowering others, […]

Sudara Stories: Varasi

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 Varasi.

Sudara Stories: Suja

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 Suja.

Brands We Love: The Soular Backpack

We were recently able to chat with Salima Visram, the entrepreneur behind the company that creates Soular’s backpacks.  These backpacks are equipped with solar panels which allow children who don’t have access to electricity in rural parts of Africa to study at night without having to use an expensive and carcinogenic kerosene lamp.   We […]

World Population Day 2017: Empowering Women and Girls

At the root of all that we do is the desire to create pathways to freedom for women and girls. World Population Day, established in 1989, speaks to this issue. Freedom means every woman in the world should be able to decide, free from any coercion, when to have children and how many children to […]

Sudara Stories: Logana

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 Logana. Logana’s Story of Hope and Freedom When Logana’s husband died, she became a widow at a very young age. Logana has a […]

Sudara Stories: Mya

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 Mya. Mya’s Story of Hope and Freedom When Mya was young, her mother left to find employment in Mumbai without […]