OUR HISTORY
SHARE began in 1980, when Pushpika Freitas and Lalita Monteiro taught three women in Mumbai, India how to sew patchwork quilts by hand. Sewing was work they could do at home without having to pay for childcare or equipment. This small experiment quickly attracted attention—the slums of Mumbai are full of women who need to work, but face significant obstacles. They brought more women into the organization, and by 1983, there were seventy-five artisans working with the group.
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