Based in San Francisco, Sustainble Global Sourcing is a social venture focused on women’s economic empowerment in Sub-Saharan Africa. They help women lift themselves out of poverty by partnering with them to establish profitable cooperatives within the apparel industry. Sustainable Global Sourcing’s dedication to reducing poverty in Africa is matched with their steadfast commitment to the environment. Their goals include working towards completely powering each cooperative with renewable energy by 2019 and using only sustainably produced inputs by 2015.
The Women’s Sewing Project model was developed by Sustainable Global Sourcing and first implemented in Liberia. The model is designed to be replicated throughout Sub-Saharan Africa over the next decade.
Sustainable Global Sourcing
Sustainable Global Sourcing was founded on the premise that microcredit combined with large scale industrial development projects is key to poverty alleviation. Possibly a read more link?
Organization Type: For-Profit
Website: www.sustainableglobal.org
Founders: Chid Liberty, Adam Butlein, Sam Adegoke
Founded: 2008
Location: Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Impact Countries: Liberia
Contributor Profile: Erik
Erik is a perpetually curious social innovator. As a serial entrepreneur, Erik knows a thing or two about change. As a co-founder of SocialEarth, Erik hopes to channel his passion for social advocacy into an innovative venue of social awareness for others. Website: SocialEarth
Twitter: @erikeliason
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Hello,
I'm Karan Dang, an art director working with the Singapore office of advertising agency JWT.
I'm working on a pro bono project for UNIFEM, or the United Nations Development Fund for Women. This is an organisation dedicated to advancing women’s rights and achieving gender equality, such as by providing financial and technical assistance to innovative programmes and strategies that will foster the empowerment of women.
The print ad I'm currently working on requires images of women and girls in full body poses.
While visiting your website (http://www.socialearth.org/sustainable-global-s...), I came across one such image, titled join.jpg
I really like this photo, and I'll like to seek your consent in using it for my print ad for UNIFEM.
This is for a noble cause, and I'm looking forward to a favourable reply from you.
Sincerely,