International Widows Day is Friday June 23rd. It's a day recognized by the United Nations to acknowledge poverty and injustice faced by millions of widows around the world. San Diego-based nonprofit White Rainbow Project is dedicated to serving this vulnerable population halfway around the world in India.
White Rainbow Project executive director Rachel lacoboni said the nonprofit has developed partnerships to help empower, employ and educate widows in India who are especially susceptible to poverty and exploitation. In many cases, these women have been ostracized from their communities and even their families because of the death of a husband.
White Rainbow Project works with these women to help design, create and sell handmade products. The organization will be hosting a fashion show in Scripps Ranch featuring the designs of its clients to raise awareness and honor International Widows Day.
Click here to learn more about the fashion show and purchase tickets.
Get San Diego local news, weather forecasts, sports and lifestyle stories to your inbox. Sign up for NBC San Diego newsletters.
