In 2000, Kesang Yudron, founder, accompanied her father on a business trip to Nepalgunj, a border town located in Nepal. During their visit, she was struck by how women in the community that had been victims of domestic abuse and divorce, or had been rescued from being kidnapped and taken to India for child labor and prostitution, were left destitute, with no way of supporting themselves or their children.

There are myriad complex sociological reasons based on notions of religion and the perception of shame why these women (who are usually illiterate with no marketable skills) are either abandoned by their families or run away. These perceptions are very difficult to change.

Kesang created Padhma Creations to help change these women who are neglected by society. Padhma Creations takes in and trains Nepali women that have been subjugated to trafficking, domestic abuse, and poverty to produce high quality woolen knitwear accessories.

Padhma is the Sanskrit word for lotus, the flower that emerges pure and white from the muddy swamp. It is a fitting symbol for the social enterprise we are engaged in, which seeks to help our artisan knitters' rise above poverty and helplessness to garner a marketable skill and a life of economic stability and sustainability.