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The White Rainbow Project creates centers of learning and partnerships to empower, employ, and educate widows and at-risk women in India. Providing a safe place to grow in independence, women of the White Rainbow Project family can expect a hot chai, a warm embrace, a new skill set, and income in their position. We also prioritize the medical, emotional, and situational needs of each woman we reach. We welcome the challenges of serving a diverse population. Whenever a need arises, we collaborate to solve it with respect and understanding.
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We work with women to design, source, create, and sell handmade products. The White Rainbow Collection is a fundraising effort of the White Rainbow Project. We start with beautiful, donated Indian sarees and locally sourced or recycled goods. The widows lovingly craft materials into tunic tops, scarves, gift bags and unique jewelry. We offer them for sale to help raise funds to support the widows in our program.
This process harnesses abilities, creates worth and reaches across cultural boundaries. The handmade creations are sold in U.S. retail outlets, at craft fairs, and social justice events alongside our education initiatives. |
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In addition to the work on the ground in India producing our clothing and accessory line, we use events, film screenings, grants, and research to educate people on the problem of widowhood stigma. Then, we offer a pathway towards improving the lives of India’s widows. We walk alongside churches, individuals, NGOs, and businesses, from a small retail boutique to institutional governing authorities.
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We seek to change the world, one widow at a time. Widowhood is an inevitable fate for millions of women around the world, not just India. The debilitating stigmas of widowhood will continue to enslave women if they are not given avenues to gain their independence. If we pay attention to eliminating these stigmas, we will also find solutions to cycles of poverty, sex-trafficking, and unemployment.
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