Carolina Almeida Cruz founded SAPANA.org in Nepal with the mission of empowering individuals to promote human dignity. SAPANA.org operates both non-profit and for-profit social businesses and has impacted over 600 unemployed individuals, 30 companies, and 46 inmates through their training programs. They have received recognition from organizations like Ashoka and the Grameen Bank for their work establishing social businesses and empowering communities in Nepal, Tibet, India, and Portugal.