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.”

Pearls With Purpose

Self-Reliance Worldwide

"She Rises, They Learn" (Africa)