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Economic Development > Organic Cotton Scrubs for Mali and the World (#4090)
SummaryNourish is partnering with African Sky Inc. to resell organic, fair-wage cotton scrubs in a unique venture that combines for-profit returns with social impact.
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Scrubs are being produced with cotton from local farmers, allowing them to sell a refined product for higher returns than the raw material. Scrubs are being produced by local tailors from at-risk populations (oprhans, urban poor women, the handicapped) being paid at minimum 1.5X the local rate for a t-shirt. Scrubs are being sold by college students who invest the profits in similar sustainable development projects.
$5000 is needed to provide for the start-up costs of purchasing the initial batch of scrubs (materials, labor, shipping to the US). Revenue from the first batch will be $6300, enough to pay for a second batch and invest $1300 in similar projects.
Total Funding Received to Date: $30
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $4,970
Total Funding Goal: $5,000
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
Each batch of scrubs that is resold provides 30 days of work for Mali Tailors, $4,410 investment in Mali farmers and $1300 in profit for reinvestment in similar projects. It is development that begets development.
Dr. Shepherd loves how I look in my AS Scrubs and loves the sustainable way they promote entrepreneurs all over the world. Plus they fit great and look awesome!
- Meredith Grey , M.D., Seattle Grace Hospital
James Edward Dillard
109 N. Graham Street
Suite 203
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
United States
919-338-2599
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Nourish International
109 N. Graham St. Suite 203
Chapel Hill,
NC
27516
United States
919-338-2599
http://nourishinternational.org/
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This project is located in Mali
and can also be found under Economic Development.
For more information about Mali, read the Human Development Report on Mali or the Wikipedia entry for Mali.
This project was last updated on November 13, 2009.
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 3, 2009
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