Sundara

05/19/2026

7 days left.

That’s all the time we have to unlock a $25,000 match from SoapBox and double the impact of every donation to Sundara.

That means:

🧼 More children learning handwashing practices in schools
🧼 More families receiving soap and hygiene supplies before illness spreads
🧼 More women and girls accessing hygiene education in their communities
🧼 More local entrepreneurs creating sustainable change from within

This work is already happening in Rwanda, Zimbabwe, India, and beyond.

But there are still more schools asking. More communities ready. More people waiting for us to say yes.

Right now, we can’t reach all of them alone.
For the next 7 days, every dollar is doubled:

$50 → $100
$100 → $200

If we reach the full match, we move immediately to expand our impact.

If this mission resonates with you, this is the moment to be part of it.

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05/11/2026

We just unlocked a $25,000 match.

For the next 14 days, every dollar donated will be doubled. Up to $25,000.

This means twice the soap.
Twice the hygiene education.
Twice the impact for communities already waiting for support.

In India, women are leading health education across 59 villages, reaching 18,000 women and girls every year.

In Zimbabwe, local leaders responded immediately during cholera outbreaks, getting soap and bleach directly into the hands of families who needed it most.

In Rwanda, a woman-led soap company is reaching refugees and vulnerable youth through solutions built from within the community itself.

This work is already happening.

The question is how much further we can take it together.

If we reach the full match, we can immediately fund the next round of soap distribution and hygiene education for schools and communities already asking for support.
Opportunities like this don’t come often.

Every gift made over the next 14 days will go twice as far.
Join us in turning prevention into action.

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05/04/2026

Clean hands are one of the simplest, most effective public health interventions we have.

At Sundara, we’re working to strengthen hygiene access as a core pillar of community health - helping reduce preventable disease, support WASH systems, and close inequities that too often determine health outcomes.

Thank you to everyone supporting community-led public health change with us. 💛

05/04/2026

In a five-star hotel bathroom in India, a bar of soap is left behind. That same soap eventually reaches the hands of a child in one of Maharashtra's most remote tribal villages, carried there by a woman from that very community who has become a trained public health leader.

In Mokhada, our hygiene ambassadors are not just distributing soap. They are running fifty health education sessions a month across 59 villages, trusted by schools, Anganwadis, and the local Health Department to deliver critical health information to women and girls who need it most.

In a region where 65% of tribal women live with anaemia and the infant mortality rate is 41.6 per 1,000 live births, their work is making a real difference.

Read about the women behind the work in our latest blog:

At Sundara, we believe dignity begins with access to hygiene, education, and care. And in Mokhada, a remote tribal region in Palghar District, Maharashtra, that belief has been taking shape for years, driven by the women who live there.It started with soap. We collect used bar soap from five-star ho...

04/28/2026

🧼✨ Clean hands, bright futures.

In classrooms across India, hygiene education and access to soap are helping children build healthy habits that last far beyond the school day.

What may seem simple, a bar of soap, a handwashing lesson, a moment of joy shared together, can support dignity, wellbeing and confidence.

Sundara is helping make hand hygiene more accessible while investing in healthier futures for children and families.

We are so inspired by the joy, pride and possibility in spaces like these. 💙

04/10/2026

Clean hands, healthier futures 🧼✨

With access to soap and hygiene education, children are building simple habits that help them stay healthy, feel confident, and take care of themselves and those around them.

What seems small becomes part of everyday life, at school, at home, and within their communities.

Consistent access to hygiene matters 🤍

03/04/2026

During a recent visit to Mokhada, India, our founder Erin watched students line up outside their classroom to wash their hands before the school day began. 📚

Older children helped the younger ones pour water over their hands. They reminded each other not to forget the soap. 🧼

It was a simple routine, but it revealed something important. In many communities like Mokhada, families don’t always have consistent access to soap. Without it, preventable illness becomes part of daily life.

When children have access to soap and hygiene education, they stay healthier and bring those habits home to their families. A simple act like handwashing can ripple through an entire community. ✨🫧

We shared more from Erin’s visit to Mokhada and why access to soap matters so much in our latest blog: https://www.sundarafund.org/post/the-ripple-effect-of-handwashing-in-rural-schools-in-india

Thank you to our sponsor for helping make this work possible.

02/19/2026

02/19/2026

In Mokhada, our programme is reaching children aged 3–8 across 59 villages and 229 public health centres this year 🤍

We work with tribal communities, where children are especially vulnerable and often miss out on consistent government support. That’s where we step in.

Through early health education, we’re helping build stronger foundations for children who are too often overlooked. 🧼✨

Our Founder, & our Executive Director & currently spending time with our Sundara India team! ❤️🥰

12/26/2025

Recently, our team spent time on the ground in Rwanda 🇷🇼, visiting communities involved in Sundara’s soap projects.

Seeing this work firsthand is a powerful reminder that access to soap is about far more than hygiene alone 🧼.

For children, it supports healthier daily routines, helping them stay well, attend school, and focus on learning and play. For families, it brings dignity and peace of mind in everyday life.

We also spent time with women involved in producing the soap, who shared that this work has empowered them to educate others in their community about the importance of hygiene .

Through fair-wage employment, women are gaining financial stability, confidence, and greater independence for themselves and their families.

These impacts are deeply connected. When women are supported with meaningful work, communities are stronger. When children are healthier, families thrive 🌱. What may seem like a simple bar of soap carries ripple effects that extend far beyond a single moment or distribution.

We are grateful to the communities who welcomed us and to the supporters who make this work possible, with a special thanks to Soapbox ❤️.

Read more about our work in Rwanda here:

Being present in the places where this work happens offers a powerful reminder of why access to hygiene matters. In communities where soap was once limited or unavailable, families are now able to practise safe, dignified handwashing as part of daily life. The impact is visible in health, confidence...