Our Approach
Exploring the power of enough and sharing resources to build equity in communities worldwide.
Rooted in History
Right Sharing of World Resources (RSWR) was founded by Quakers in 1967 to address wealth disparities within the Society of Friends and across the world. From the beginning, we have recognized that economic justice and spiritual growth are deeply connected.
Our work continues to respond to this calling—transforming unjust systems through shared reflection, wealth transfer, and mutual care.
Friends (Quakers) from six continents, from more than 30 nations, and from at least that many cultures gathered at the World Conference of Friends in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1967. It was here that the initial idea for Right Sharing of World Resources (RSWR) was born. This group was gripped with the utter conviction that the gross inequities in the world economic system could no longer be tolerated by a religious body committed to the way of love and to the testimony of equality.
Community Development for Equity
In Guatemala, India, Kenya, and Sierra Leone, RSWR partners with women’s groups that build personal savings and small businesses. These local enterprises—farms, shops, prepared food, and services—support families, expand opportunity, and strengthen community decision-making.
The impacts reach beyond financial growth. Education becomes more accessible, women gain confidence, and communities gain resilience and balance. Each group is creating a more equitable future rooted in cooperation and shared success.
Board member David Camp (third from left) visits People’s Service Society in Tamil Nadu, India in 1987. RSWR Coordinator, T. Gopal, stands to the right of David.
Each group is creating a more equitable future rooted in cooperation and shared success.
Reflecting on the Power of Enough
RSWR also creates space to explore the spiritual dimensions of money, simplicity, and consumption. Through experiential workshops, curricula, and events, participants consider how abundance, scarcity, and generosity are connected.
One Shared Journey Toward Equity
RSWR’s two programs—partnerships with women’s groups and reflection on wealth—are inseparable parts of one movement. Each depends on the other.
As experiences and resources flow between communities, we practice equity as relationship, not as charity. Together, we are learning what it means to live in right relationship with one another and the earth—working toward a world where all have enough and no one has too much.
Our work continues to respond to this calling—transforming unjust systems through shared reflection, wealth transfer, and mutual care.
Together, we are learning what it means to live in right relationship with one another and the earth—working toward a world where all have enough and no one has too much.