What We Believe
Power of the Human Spirit - 8
June 24, 2020
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF SHRUTI WAMBORIKAR
Shruti is in charge of the community program, Education for Life . This was begun...
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Power of the Human Spirit - 7
June 14, 2020
"Having a vision and actually fulfilling it are two different things. In this very difficult time our organization has helped the...
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Power of the Human Spirit - 6
May 22, 2020
The future of their children has always been the highest priority for the women artisans. These are women who would make huge...
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Power of the Human Spirit - 5
May 10, 2020
Over a month ago shelter-in-place became the new reality in India. The severe restrictions state that no one can leave home except...
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Power of the Human Spirit - 4
April 26, 2020
Over a month ago shelter-in-place became the new reality in India. The artisans were counting the days until its end, but the...
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Power of the Human Spirit - 3
April 19, 2020
Shelter-in-place has been challenging for people all over the world. In India you hear heartbreaking stories of isolation, large...
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Power of the Human Spirit - 2
April 12, 2020
Shelter-in-place has been challenging for people all over the world. In India you hear heartbreaking stories of isolation, large...
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Power of the Human Spirit - 1
April 05, 2020
Shelter-in-place has been challenging for people all over the world. In India you hear heartbreaking stories of isolation, large...
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A Message from India
March 27, 2020 India then and now: Top Image: People desperate to leave Bombay (as It was then called) during the plague of 1896. Bottom: The...
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Indicators for Success
March 17, 2020 Pride and Independence
Dignity not Charity has been our philosophy from the very beginning. We wanted to distinguish MarketPlace...
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Artisans Glow with Success
March 16, 2020 SMM members since 2015: (left to right) Sushma Raut, Sampada Devil , Nilima Matre, Rita Singh
Artisans glow with the success...
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Building Independence
October 28, 2019
When the artisans were determining "values to live by"
Independence was a popular choice. No surprise that it made the...
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How Constraints Built Our Brand
October 11, 2019
When I started MarketPlace, I viewed myself as a social worker and simply wanted to provide women with an opportunity to earn a...
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A Healthy Future
October 01, 2019
Under the Darpan program, artisans are able to deal with subjects that affect their quality of life and come up with responses....
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Beach Cleaning Day
September 26, 2019
As part of the social action program with SHARE on September 13th a total of 57 artisans from Nirmaan, Sahara, and WARE...
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Our Mission in Products... Hand Embroidery
May 11, 2019
Hand embroidery on MarketPlace garments is an important factor in enabling women to work and earn a living. Because...
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Let's Talk About Respect!
May 01, 2019
Let's Talk About Respect...Living Our Values, Changing Lives
R-E-S-P-E-C-T is one of the five values the women artisans...
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Mission by Design
March 30, 2019
Women are the soul of MarketPlace. Our mission to empower women is why we exist, and it is embedded in everything we do. Employment,...
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