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Home Textiles Leader Pledges Support for Program that Empowers Women, Provides Service Learning

Hunar

Women’s collective in Jaipur, India

Jan 24, 2017

Raleigh Investment Firm Supports Empowerment Initiative

The College of Textiles received a gift from Shah Capital for a unique women’s empowerment initiative: the Hunar Project, which provides students in Raleigh with service learning opportunities and women in India with a chance at economic independence. 
NC State Wilson College faculty and students with the women of Hunar in Jaipur, India

Mar 11, 2016

Home Textiles Leader Pledges Support for Program that Empowers Women, Provides Service Learning

The Wilson College of Textiles at NC State has received support for a unique program that provides students in Raleigh with service learning opportunities and women in India with a chance at economic independence. Nextt, one of North America’s largest home bedding companies, has gifted the North Carolina Textile Foundation with support for the College’s collaboration with…