SHARE, an acronym for Self Help Association for Rural Education and Employment, is a community-based non-profit organisation, established in 1992 to empower rural women in the southern Indian province of Tamil Nadu.

The SHARE philosophy is based on the belief that true development is possible only by empowering women through income generation. At the Christian Medical College in Vellore, outreach workers realised that the health and social status of the population would not improve until women could generate income and become more financially independent.

The women artisans who are members of SHARE participate in all levels of decision-making in the organization. Many of the women involved are Dalits, formerly known as “untouchables”, who are the poorest of the poor in India. Products exported by SHARE include palm leaf and sisal baskets and Christmas decorations.

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A Greater Gift is a program of SERRV International, a nonprofit alternative trade and development organization. Our mission is to promote the social and economic progress of people in developing regions of the world by marketing their products in a just and direct manner.

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Reflections on my Meet the People Tour in India - Canon Andrew Nunn

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The holiday combines specialist basket making workshops that use the traditional skills of the women basket-makers of Tamil Nadu in southern India and the contemporary skills of two British basket makers.

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