This year, Goods for Good successfully piloted our Tailor-in-Training Workshop, a new program that teachers young adults, many of whom are orphans, how to sew. G4G provides these workshops with excess fabric so that these tailors may improve their craft and meet an important need of the community: new school uniforms.

Many of the children we serve are forced to dropout of school because they cannot afford the uniforms required to attend class. Particularly among the girls, who do not perform odd-jobs in exchange for money for uniforms like the boys, receiving a new school uniform makes a big difference in their lives. ”Getting my new dress was the first time something special has been done for me and it makes me very happy,” said Maclina, a 9-year-old living at G4G-partner St. Mary’s Orphan Care Center.

In just one year, these tailors have created over 22,000 new school uniforms out of 33,000 meters of fabric that would have otherwise gone to waste. As a result, hundreds of community members have an income generating skill and children now have the uniforms required to attend class. As a result of this program, thousands of children have improved self-esteem, are less stigmatized by their peers, and  attend school more regularly.

This holiday season, G4G is teaming up with Merck to bring new school uniforms to 20,000 children in need. Help us reach our goal!

Goods for Good matches excess goods from the United States with the needs of orphans and vulnerable children in the developing world.

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