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Originally Posted by Fishspearit
It just seems that once a pattern was made, it would be easy for someone with sewing skills/equipment/contacts in third world sweatshop/canvas shop to resell covers in bulk for the common RIBs that are being used.
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Wot about 3rd world Hiv / Aids orphans?
Not a sweatshop (as far as I know!) - and the orphanage is not also a factory!
But the carers of each "family group" are also involved with handicraft / sewing activities and the products are commercially
sold (in
Europe and Oz), albeit small scale (they ain't Nike!).
The idea is that (apart from providing additional earnings / occupation / self worth for the carers - also HIV+) that as the
kids get older some can learn skills for later
employment / self
employment (both the sewing / related stuff and no doubt the small business skills).....of course some will go onto more
school etc etc.....
This end of the Orphanage is still a developing area - when the Orphanage was set up a few years back the
kids reaching an age where they had to worry about later employment was not an issue.........so presently still a
learning curve for all involved....as some of the kids now start to hit the teenage years......
Not exactly set up online to buy
RIB covers from
.....but if someone was looking for a small scale producer / supplier in the 3rd world to build a relationship with, that would probably be more reliable than most (even if not the dirt cheapest).....then
maybe worth having a chat / then a visit.
Might seem a bit strange even thinking about trying to make
money from an Orphanage
- but IMO a profitable bizness (for both sides) is long term sustainable......"give a man a net etc etc".
Otherwise, just send them some
money
Of course I
don't speak for them etc etc.