Success stories

Maitrijaya’s pickle factory success

Covid decimated the fledgling pickle manufacturing and trading business of Dharmacharini Maitrijaya. Sales completely dried up leaving Maitrijaya and her family with no income. The livelihood grant from the Abhayaratna Trust allowed her to not only re-establish the business but also expand it. The business now has its own premises and she sells a wide range of pickles all of manufactured there and employs 10 people from the surrounding village, further expanding the impact of the grant.

Maitrijaya’s business also has a solid reputation in India and sales are now largely completed online. My impression was that the business could easily become international, maybe even a rival to Pataks!

I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to Maitrijaya’s business and seeing the impact of her grant from the Abhayaratna Trust with my own eyes. Deep gratitude was expressed to the Abhayaratna Trust not just from Maitrijaya, but also the employees I met in the factory.

Appeal success - for 147

Thank you hugely to all those who supported our appeal to enable 150 Order members in India attend the 2025 International Convention at Bodhgaya in January.

Donations almost exactly matched the need and we have now sent the funds to India for 147 Order member places - the final number who requested financial support.

The International Convention in India every 8 years enables Order members living there to meet those from around the world, creating and developing friendships across continents and enhancing the unity of the Order. For many this will be, without exaggeration, a once in a lifetime opportunity.

THANK YOU!