The Gamechangers Project
(Everything between brackets is optional.)
A clothing line with a factory which runs on solar power in a developing country. (The first factory must be placed nearby the fabric factory so the costs for transport will be at the lowest rate possible.)
Employees:
All employees in the developing countries will receive the average payment of a youngster in The Netherlands with a part-time job (between 3 and 4 Euro when they’re under 18). Why this amount of money? If you give these people a standard Western minimum loan (like 10 euros per hour, when you’re 23), they suddenly will get a lot more money than their used to. Because of this change, you can create behaviour like the mindset that a person has all the money in the world or a person will get irresponsible with the money they receive. (A further look shows that even a loan between 3 and 4 Euros can be too much at first, because the poverty line is set at 1.25 US dollars per day).
Employees work half days (morning or afternoon). The other half of the day they spend on education provided by The Gamechanger’s Project (Will employees get payed for the whole day?). because it’s likely there will not be a prohibition on child labour, all children, and adults (without education) will get educated. Everyone learns how to write, read, and calculate. Furthermore, they will learn how to handle larger amounts of money, so basic economics to counteract irresponsible money usage (Children from age 12 and up and adults will get educated on this). (Optional: educating on Family planning, educate on becoming a fashion designer for The Gamechanger’s Project, educate on becoming a supervisor).
The Factory:
Green energy is the key to minimize all costs. Through solar panels, electric sewing machines, and the usage of natural sunlight (windows) to light up the inside of the factory, you save a large amount of money on energy and you help to create a more environmentally friendly future. Bug windows will take care to bring in as much sunlight as possible. If the windows aren’t enough, you can also choose to place lighting in the areas needed, but preferably as little as possible.
People who get their education cannot be disturbed by the noise of the sewing machines. They must be in an environment where they can focus the best they can to get educated.
Economics:
Clothing is still being made with as little costs as possible, so you still can make a good profit. this profit is preferably used to improve the project and of course to pay all the people who work on this. To sell the clothes, you need a store or a website.
Why clothing? A lot of people would like to have something that shows the world that they are supporting a good cause. Apart from that, people will clean out their wardrobe occasionally and buying a couple of pieces every time you go shopping isn’t something unknown. So, items of clothing are constantly in circulation. (Also, for a lot of people is clothing a way to show their personality. If it’s in their nature to help people, they probably need clothing to show that side of their personality too.)
lastly is making clothing not very hard for someone to learn. Because of this we are able to help people with a lesser IQ too. It’s a win/win situation for everyone.
of course this project isn’t perfect. Only with a sponsor or an existing clothing brand will this project come of the ground. furthermore you need to research which country you want to build your first factory, and you need to know precisely what difficulties the people in that country have.
But here’s the plan, which is one step closer to actually battle so many struggles this world has to face.
The Tiny Philosopher