Sudara is moving (coming) to India!
We cannot make this move without your help and participation. With our hearts full of gratitude, we thank you all for your purchases and donations which help in funding this great move.
We’re moving! A note from our executive director
Sudara made a BIG announcement last week about the need to move its operations to India. Since then, so many of you have helped fund this move through your purchases and sharing Sudara’s mission. We are deeply grateful for your support.
India or Bust
In order to grow and further serve our mission, we need to make a big move – literally. Moving operations to our vocational center partners in India is critical to our growth and continued impact. But, we can’t do it alone – we need your help.
Sudara + Freeset: Turning Business Upside Down
Sudara is in the business of creating freedom jobs. Our partner centers in India provide wages for women that are, on average, double the fair-trade baseline for their work. The women also have access to job training and placement services that afford them the freedom to choose their own pathways. In addition to the living […]
Five things you should know about Sudara…
Sudara exists to advocate on behalf of and empower women who have escaped from, or are at the highest risk of, human trafficking by providing dignified employment opportunities. It’s not an easy mission by any means. Yet, every day we wake up even more energized, even more passionate, and with even more fight in our […]
Indeed, There is Hope
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 excited to bring a few of their stories and faces to life.
The Sudara Story: Empowering Women and Girls
Did you know that Sudara is a benefit corporation? This means that we are a mission-driven company. And that our success is not just measured or defined in sales and revenue, but in our positive social impact and creating long-term, sustainable change.
Stitch by Stitch: The Positive Impact of Your Support
In 2006, we partnered with a sewing center in India and taught six women how to sew a pattern for loungewear pants we had lovingly named PUNJAMMIES®.
Behind the Seams: Making PUNJAMMIES®
We recently spent time with our sewing center partners in India and were able to capture a few photos of the PUNJAMMIES® making process. Here is our Bhara-print PUNJAMMIES® from start to finish.
Interview with founder + CEO, Shannon Keith
Our founder + CEO, Shannon Keith, has been featured on the TEDx stage, published in Conscious Magazine on the power of mothers and motherhood to change the world, and recently discussed why she left her corporate career to found Sudara.
