For women from India's most marginalised communities, learning to cut fabric or print a design means far more than acquiring a mechanical skill. It means…
When the India Development Foundation gathers socially committed individuals for its annual honours ceremony in Bangalore, the ripple effects reach far beyond…
For more than two decades, the India Development Foundation in Bangalore has offered women from disadvantaged communities a path toward financial independence…
For many women completing IDF’s dress-making course in Bangalore, graduation is the beginning of the difficult part. They may know how to cut fabric, operate a…
For adolescents in India's underserved neighbourhoods, a summer camp can offer more than sport and craft. It can plant the first seeds of economic confidence,…
When Anitha first arrived at India Development Foundation’s training centre in Bangalore, she knew how to stitch a straight seam but had never prepared a…
Across Bangalore's bustling neighbourhoods and the surrounding villages of Karnataka, the India Development Foundation has spent decades shaping a quiet…
Every purchase can carry a story beyond the product itself. For Maya Thompson, a small business owner in Melbourne, that story began with a simple decision:…