Creating Karma

Wildlife SOS was established in 1995 by a small group of individuals inspired to start a movement and make lasting change to protect and conserve India’s natural heritage, forest and wildlife wealth. Today, the organization has evolved to actively work towards protecting Indian wildlife, conserving habitat, studying biodiversity, conducting research and creating alternative and sustainable livelihoods for erstwhile poacher communities or those communities that depend on wildlife for sustenance.

A Haven for Women and Children is a nonprofit organization located in Paterson, New Jersey that serves some 700 impoverished women and children every day. Oasis carries out educational, vocational, and social service programs that help local women enter and succeed in the workforce. and help children flourish academically. Oasis operates a soup kitchen and provides emergency food, clothing, and social services support to city residents in need.

On a flight back from Delhi, John was seated next to one of the patrons of Joybells, a school and orphanage located at the foothills of the Himalayas at Dehradun, India. The story of the place fascinated him. Horrified by the life of the region’s nomadic children, many of whom often had no access to food, much less education, Althea Joy Singh and her husband, a retired colonel, founded Joybells.

Fabric is elemental in how humans have evolved and progressed. However, it seems that its use and production have reached the pinnacle at the expense of traditions. John Robshaw Textiles and Filip + Inna present the Back to the Loom Project. Back to the Loom aims to revive, preserve, and assist the different Philippine indigenous groups in their weaving traditions across the archipelago.

The Henry Street Settlement is a non-profit social service agency on New York City’s Lower East Side, serving around 60,000 people each year. Clients include low-income families and individuals, survivors of domestic violence, youth from two to twenty-one, the mentally challenged, the physically challenged, and senior citizens.