Pearls With Purpose, a social impact organization is dedicated to sustainable self-reliance for disadvantaged individuals in developing countries (primarily abused/abandoned women, sex trafficked survivors and those seeking vocational training).

We manage a lean operation through cost-effective processes which benefit the individuals in developing countries first. The creators of our products utilize artisan quality handicraft combined with locally sourced supplies such as (but not limited to) genuine Grade-A pearls, larimar, gemstones and high quality materials.

Each handcrafted product creates sustainable incomes/jobs and preserves cultural traditions. We create fair wages for our partners and do not personally profit; the artisans have fulfilling jobs and work in safe environments, which are oftentimes their homes so that they can take care of their families and have flexible schedules. Children are able to attend school as their parents begin to afford schooling fees.

We created an online platform for artisans to showcase their beautiful products to a broader audience. Building this mutually beneficial relationship, customers have the opportunity to purchase unique, one-of-a-kind pieces from around the world, and artisans earn fair wages and generate a means to support their families.

Beginning in 2001, Wendy started Pearls With Purpose with a handful of women in the squatters area of Antipolo City, Philippines, Pearls With Purpose has since expanded into Bulacan, Thailand, India, Cambodia, Kenya, Peru, and the Dominican Republic.

Hundreds of women have been given a hand up rather than a handout as they have become aware of their own self-reliance through micro-enterprise mentoring and artisan jewelry training. By aligning with like-minded nonprofits, such as Believe International, whose soul focus is attacking the root cause of poverty with values training and educational support, PWP has witnessed the ripple effect of generational change for deserving individuals and families.

In 2019, Pearls with Purpose became a program under the directors of Mentors International. A non-profit with 30 years of experience mentoring, providing business and personal development training, and micro-loans. This partnership has created opportunities to train and teach even more women while providing them with a product pipeline and micro-loans to truly grow their businesses.

We humbly realize it is the socially minded woman in America who creates sustainable lifelong change for these artisans.

By caring about where your accessories are made, what they are made from, and who actually benefits from the purchase, thousands of lives are improved and dramatically changed for the better. This is the beauty of a social-impact organization. When a product is purchased from Pearls With Purpose, over 64% is used to impact the life of another human being on the other side of the world.

The remaining 36% is used here in America for marketing and raising awareness.

Now that’s a concept we can all get behind! Shopping with us brings humanity back into consumerism. It’s that simple.

Have you ever wondered what happens AFTER a woman or child is rescued from sex-trafficking? Who supports them? How do they recover? Through Vocational (micro-enterprise training) long term self reliance helps survivors of human trafficking and those struggling in squatters areas create their own dignity-- Pearls With Purpose provides the education, tools, systems and training while also adding product movement of their hand-crafted good.

“One of the women I met in India arrived with a limp from a childhood bus accident. She’d dropped out of school and was a mother of two. Her husband was an alcoholic, and she often begged neighbors just to feed her boys. But she showed up for training—bold and hopeful—and told me, ‘I want this job, for my children.’ I’ll never forget her eyes when I offered her a place in the co‑op. That very first paycheck meant she could finally feed her children and send them to school.

She rose. And because she did, her sons could learn.”

“I founded Pearls With Purpose after raising five kids—I was just looking to find myself again. I never imagined that crafting with pearls would open doors in villages halfway around the world. But there I was, sleeping on dirt floors and teaching women like Shanti to build businesses that put food on their tables and hope in their children’s futures. Every time a mother rises, a generation learns—and that’s the dream we live.”

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"She Rises, They Learn" (Africa)

Because When a Woman Thrives, a Village Grows.