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Empowering Retail
Social businesses create job opportunities for underprivileged communities
Implications - Social businesses are steadily growing in number, and one of the ways these businesses help developing countries and underprivileged communities is through the creation of new jobs, especially in retail ventures, which range from bakeries to fashion design. By providing fair-wage employment, these businesses empower local citizens, ultimately helping them to improve their quality of life.
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Empowering Accessory CollectivesChloe + Isabel Gives a Platform for Burgeoning Jewelry DesignersAs websites like Etsy and Kickstarter demonstrate, people are drawn to artistic and original entrepreneurs who have finally found a platform to launch their own work, and Chloe + Isabel feeds off this… [More] |
Fair Trade WeavingWomenCraft Offers Ethical Employment in East Africa's Mafiga Matatu AreaWomenCraft is an East African social enterprise that empowers female artisans by paying them fair wages to make beautiful crafts that are sold internationally. This income allows women living in the Mafiga… [More] |
Empowering CrochetFair Trade 'Pebble' Baby Line Employs Women in BangladeshInstead of hitting up big box retailers for baby toys, new parents can explore independent businesses like Pebble, which gives parents the opportunity to buy natural, ethical and handmade alternatives.… [More] | |||||||||
Nonprofit Coffee ShopsStrawberry Line Cafe Employs Adults with Learning DisabilitiesMore than just a hip and cozy coffee shop located in a railway station in Bristol, Strawberry Line Cafe is also a social enterprise that reinvests its profits in the community. To top it off, they... [More] |
Hope-Promoting Handmade BagsThe 94 Store Employs Historically Disadvantaged South AfricansThe 94 Store sells bags that were handmade by people in South Africa that have been historically disadvantaged. This social business creates opportunity by offering training and employment to these individuals.… [More] |
Vibrant Fair Trade ProductsGlobal Mamas Helps Ghana-Based Artisan Reach New MarketsFairtrade, unique, empowering: Global Mamas is a nonprofit organization embodying these three traits through sustainable employment opportunities for women in Ghana, Africa. The company sells vibrant clothes… [More] | |||||||||
