Things of Dignity helps businesses donate redundant clothing to people in need.
In the spirit of “one man’s trash, another man’s treasure”, we have found a way to make material assistance flow from companies with overstocked items to non-profits – and on to places where they are hard to come by.
We collect unsold, unsellable or deadstock underwear, such as socks, boxers or bras, assemble them into Dignity Kits and deliver them to people in a difficult life situation.
How it works on the example of socks
1. Let's paint a scenario: Imagine a company generously offering to donate 1000 pairs of socks.
2. After registering the donation via email, we connect with humanitarian organisations in our network.
3. One of these organisations orders the socks,
4. picks them up, transports them,
5. and distributes them locally to people in need.
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What is an Emergency kit?
A Dignity Kit is a package that serves as material first aid for people who are fleeing an environmental or climate-change related disaster, political oppression, or war conflict. These people leave their homes with little more than the clothes on their back and one of their first basic needs is to change into something clean.
What’s inside the kit depends on the area of crisis – on the climate, location, and type of situation it’s being sent to. The staples one can always find in a Dignity Kit are: underwear, bath soap, toothbrush and toothpaste, comb, reusable menstrual pads set, flashlight, washing powder and sanitary napkins.
Just to imagine. UNICEF's warehouses in Copenhagen are stocked with the components for 21 emergency kits, carefully tailored for use in schools, health centres and camps. With 57 versions in all, these kits meet a wide range of needs, with specialised modules such as the Early Childhood Development Kit and the School-in-a-Box Kit.
Why donate through Things of Dignity?
Underwear is the least donated item to shelters, crisis centers, and asylums – and also the most in-demand. Donating deadstock items is a win-win solution that serves both sides of the chain. Companies get a way to give a second chance to items they would otherwise throw away, and people in a difficult life situation get a fast and direct response to their emergency needs.
Other positive side-effects are spreading awareness of ongoing humanitarian crises, increasing social responsibility, solidarity, and last but not least, reducing waste in fast fashion and promoting a sustainable approach in the mass-producing clothing industry.
Contribute to a better future.
Things of Dignity z. s.
Lazy VI 6981, Zlín, 760 01, Czech Republic
thingsofdignity@gmail.com
+420 734 325 666
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