Award Title & Year
Nonprofit of the Year Finalist – 2025

Organization
Carlsbad Business Achievement & Distinction Awards, County of San Diego

Description
Green Dreams Women was honored as a finalist for Nonprofit of the Year at the 2025 Carlsbad Business Achievement & Distinction Awards. This recognition celebrates our ongoing commitment to community service, leadership, and advancing the values of the region.

🎧 Podcast Feature

Empowerment Blooms in Green Dreams
Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce

Green Dreams Women’s founder, Tara Tharani Jayaratnam, shares her incredible journey from Sri Lanka’s civil war to Harvard, and from engineer to global advocate for women’s rights.

In this episode, Tara talks about:

  • Training and empowering 600 women in Sri Lanka through handcrafted, eco-friendly art

  • Building a safe empowerment center that provides guaranteed income for survivors of violence and poverty

  • Balancing personal challenges while sustaining a nonprofit mission

  • How Green Dreams Women is weaving sustainability, ethical supply chains, and women’s empowerment into one powerful movement

    Click here to listen to the full podcast

NGO CSW Forum 69 – Beijing+30 (2025)


Second virtual panel convened by Green Dreams Women at the UN NGO CSW Forum, sharing our work on women’s livelihood, resilience, and empowerment in post-war Sri Lanka.