Bra Donations from October 8th through November 9th ! More Information on Free the Girls. Why Collect Gently Used Bras? Women we work with were sold into prostitution, often as children. Bras provide the following: GREAT INCOME Second-hand clothing is a profitable market in many countries around the world. Bras are usually sought after items. Some of the girls in our program are making 3-5x the minimum wage in their community by selling bras! SAFE ENVIRONMENT Bras provide an opportunity for these women to work with other women, since they have a history of being abused and used by men. FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE Most of the women we work with were sold into prostitution as children, only 8-10 years old. Because their lives were stolen from them, they missed out on going to school and getting an education. Selling bras allows them to work as much or as little as their school schedule permits. OUR JOURNEY Free The Girls launched in August 2010, and to date we’ve collected over 200,000 gently used bras from women all over the world. In Spring 2011, working alongside our first safe house partner, Project Purpose, we launched a pilot program in Mozambique, Africa. The results of the pilot program were very promising—the women made 3-5x minimum wage selling bras. In February 2012, we were featured in a 3-part series of stories by CNN’s Freedom Project. The response was amazing, with an outpouring of support from all over the world! As a result, we shipped 32,000 bras to Mozambique in July 2012. Since the bras arrived, we’re happy to report that we’ve been able to replicate the results of our successful pilot program and add more women to our program, for a current total of 21. In fact, we recently shipped a container with 73,000 more bras. The women sell between 100-500 bras each per month. CNN aired a 30-minute follow-up documentary on Free The Girls on February 15, 2013 The media exposure has introduced us to new partners, and we are currently launching pilot programs with 5 new after-care providers in three countries (Kenya, Uganda and El Salvador).
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