For the past few months our members at the Fair Design
Committee have been creating clothes, jewellery and headbands from recycled
materials to be presented and auctioned at a fabulous fashion event on May 9th.
All the money raised will go to the
Schone Kleren Campagne, a Netherlands-based charity aimed at improving
conditions for garment workers across the world.
For a chance to
see what Schone Kleren Campagne has been up to, why not check out their
photography exhibition of nine female Bangladeshi and Cambodian factory workers ‘Who Runs the World? Girls!’ at De Balie
in Amsterdam. These nine women feel passionately about improving the situation in garment factories and promoting awareness of the dark side behind cheap throwaway fashion. As Tania, a 23-year-old worker in Bangladesh put it:
"I would like to say to the people of Europe, I am here, I exist, and I would like to tell you about my daily life in the factory and everything around it. The more people know how things are allowed to go on here, the more people can support us. Together we are taken seriously!"
The exhibition will be on show until this Friday but the opening
night tomorrow, Tuesday 21st April, will feature six fascinating
talks (in Dutch) by those involved in the project and a Q&A afterwards.
And the best
part? Admission is free!
All you need to
do is send an email to info@schonekleren.nl
with your name and the number of places you’d like to reserve.
For more
information click on the link below:
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