The Foundation is the side of The Clothed Project that gets every Clothed Kit into the hands of a young woman in South Africa and follows up with her for years afterward. It runs on what you buy and what you give.
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Every purchase from the brand sends a pair, plus a puberty and encouragement book about becoming a woman, to a young woman in South Africa via the Foundation. Direct donations to the Foundation fund the rest of the kit (the necklace, the devotional, the freight) and let us reach women that shop sales alone wouldn't.
Reusable period underwear from The Clothed Project. Every pair you buy for yourself sends another pair, plus a book about becoming a woman, to a young woman in South Africa. The Foundation handles the rest.
Direct, tax-deductible gifts to the Foundation cover everything inside a Clothed Kit beyond the underwear, and let us reach women that shop sales alone can't.
1 woman equipped for 2 years, ~120 school days protected.
The Foundation is built to be lean. The brand pays its founders, and the Foundation pays for the program. In Year 1 you'll know exactly where every dollar went.
We partner with Love Story, a Gqeberha relief organization that's been serving the most overlooked communities of the Eastern Cape since 2012. They've spent fourteen years building real relationships in those communities, so we don't have to start from scratch. Our pairs, books, and Clothed Kits move through the network they already run.
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“We took a team to a high school in Walmer Township. They did a whole talk and gave out over a thousand menstrual products. There is a definite need. Port Elizabeth is shocking in terms of poverty. The worst it's ever been.
— Love Story leadership, Port Elizabeth
Founded in 2012 by Luke and Elaine Watson, Love Story runs 29 community kitchens, 22 Early Childhood Development centres, hospital outreach, and feeding schemes across Port Elizabeth. They know the schools, the families, and the classrooms that need this most. They're already in those classrooms. Our pairs, books, and Clothed Kits move through their network, and their team gets them into the right hands.
Visit lovestory.org.za
Every woman equipped and empowered for everyday life.
We start in South Africa. By Year 3 we'll serve Lesotho and Eswatini. By Year 5 we'll reach across the Southern African Customs Union, with the goal of equipping 30,000 women a year.
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"She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come."
Proverbs 31:25