This post marks the start of a series of biographies featuring the women participating in Profugo’s Tailoring Training Program. Our initiative aims to allow these women to develop skills in tailoring, spoken English, and woman empowerment and business. Each month we will feature one woman, briefly explaining her background and how working with Profugo has helped improve her standard of living. As you can imagine, the life of a woman in India is much different
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This past week we had the pleasure of welcoming a few folks from Pondicherry to Prashantagiri. Mr. Rajendran, his wife, and a trainer from TAS, TImeaid income generation program. The Profugo team had the privilege of visiting TAS back in July in Pondicherry. We were very impressed by their team of women and the speed and skill in which they were able to produce products. We were also impressed by the diversity of products available.
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I was fortunate enough to be introduced to the world of fair trade as a high school student. An ethics teacher of mine required us to complete a social justice project and for mine, I chose to investigate all of the positive aspects of shopping Fair Trade. I learned shortly into my research why shopping Fair Trade is a lifestyle choice that is beneficial not only for the consumer but also for the producers of
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What do you think of when you hear the word education? A few ideas that come to mind are college, mundane lectures, and a considerable amount of homework. Growing up, I was given the opportunity to attend school from an early age and later attend college. While this privilege was an important part of my personal growth, there are various components that built upon it. But what if you tried to look at education differently?
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Women empowerment – those two words are indispensable to the vocabulary of a student of a women’s college. I couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve heard those words being used in both daily (yes, daily) and professional discourse on my campus over my past two years as a student. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying this is a bad thing at all. In fact, it’s to be expected since women’s colleges are the
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