As you know, donations such as pens and sewing machines are critical to our programs – programs that keep orphans in school and create jobs for vulnerable women.
This week our team in Malawi delivered 35 sewing machines (pictured here) to our community centers. Thanks to this shipment, 6 Tailor Training courses will begin in January 2012. 72 tailors will graduate with the skills to become professional tailors. They will create over 4,000 school uniforms for orphans during their training.
In order to sustain this program that benefits so many vulnerable people, we need the following:
- Plain fabric
- Buttons (small and white/transparent)
- Elastic (for making trousers)
- Threads
- Zippers (fly front zippers)
- Sewing machines (foot-pedaling, manual)
- Sewing machine needles
- Tailoring scissors
- Trouser hooks
Please email info@goods4good.org or click here if you can help.
The holidays are here and we can only imagine how long your shopping lists are. Thanks to our friends at ReQoop, you can do a little good while you shop this year:
- Download the app
- Get shopping!
- Upload photos of your favorite fashion finds
- Every photo uploaded means $1 for goods for good
Spread the word and go on and #snapforgood!
goods for good empowers local leaders to care for the orphans and vulnerable children in their communities. This photo says it all. Click here to learn more.
Last night’s Amazing Race episode was in Malawi. The LA Times reviewed the show and the setting. Here are some of our favorite quotes about Malawi:
“Malawi looks like a really pleasant place”
“[The warehouse workers] clap and sing at work”
“Regular people, who often carry things around on their heads, are good-looking and calm.”
“The children at school are perfect and adorable”
“Smiling ladies in cool purple dresses”
Click here for the full post.
It’s 91° and sunny in Malawi today. Hard to believe the rainy season is fast approaching.
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goods for good receives 20% of the proceeds from every purchase made during one of our assigned designer sales. This link is updated regularly with new sale items:
http://www.communitycollection.com/causes/goods-for-good/
Each year, goods for good strategically distributes school supplies to encourage student enrollment. This year was no different.
Word spread quickly across our partner communities that children who enrolled in school would receive school supplies. Elated by the prospect of receiving their very first pens, pencils, and notebooks, thousands of children walked many miles to enroll. goods for good equipped each child with a year’s worth of supplies, thanks to your support.
$10 gives a child supplies for an entire school year. Thousands more children are eager to attend school, but unable to afford supplies.
Share. Give. Let’s do more good together.
Over 40,000 pairs of TOMS Shoes just arrived in Malawi!
Goods for Good and TOMS Shoes have teamed up for the second year in a row to provide new shoes for over 40,000 schoolchildren in Malawi. Last year, TOMS and Goods for Good kicked of our partnership by coordinating the targeted distribution of 40,000 shoes–one pair for each vulnerable child supported by our partner community-based organizations. And this year, we’re doing it all again, expanding support to 10,000 more children under the age of five.
Sadly, shoes are a luxury for children in Malawi, particularly for orphans and vulnerable children who lack the resources to purchase them. Walking barefoot puts these children at high risk for injury and infections such as hookworm, which can cause anemia, diarrhea and stunted mental development if left untreated. For the children who have no one to provide for them or monitor their health, the repercussions are far-reaching: impaired learning, increased absences from school and decreased future economic productivity are all serious concerns. By working hand-in-hand with local grassroots organizations, we are able to reach the children who need assistance most. While not every child will be taken to a clinic if they become sick, most every child will show up on distribution day to receive what is likely their first pair of new shoes.
This year’s shipment of TOMS shoes is expected to arrive in Malawi this weekend and distributions will take place in the next two weeks. Stay tuned for pictures…
Thank you to TOMS Shoes for their continued commitment to Goods for Good’s mission of providing a better future for Malawi’s orphans and vulnerable children.
To learn more visit www.goods4good.org
Goods for Good is rigorous about our monitoring and evaluation procedures so that we can track and improve upon our work. Here are some of the latest results from the 2009-2010 academic year.
Since working with Goods for Good, our 20 partner schools have observed the following trends:
17% increase in student promotion rates
20% increase in student enrollment rates
25% increase in student attendance rates
46% decrease in student drop-out rates
100% of teachers surveyed reported observing an increase in their students’ being promoted to the next standard
100% of teachers surveyed reported observing an increase in their students’ who complete assignments
97% of teachers surveyed reported observing an increase in their students’ writing skills
100% of teachers surveyed reported observing an increase in motivation amongst their students
100% of teachers surveyed reported observing an increase in motivation amongst fellow teachers
94% of teachers surveyed reported observing an increase in attendance amongst fellow teachers
We are so proud of these encouraging results. Thank you to all of our dedicated partners and supporters in helping to make this progress possible!
