Textile Waste Initiative

The 'Developing Vocational Opportunities' program was put together by "The Traveling Sewing Box Project" and Abroad Global in order to empower and up-kill migrant women with the intention to create vocational opportunities and financial independence.

Type

Education and Development

Date

18/06/2021

Colombian migrant women working on textile project
Nº01 Group of migrant women from Colombia

Overview 

This project aims to give immigrant women the opportunity to celebrate their own cultural background, life journeys and memories through any particular textile crafts inherent to their own culture. With the intention of salvaging and revaluing culture through cloth, the Traveling Sewing Box Project has the objective to appreciate and celebrate the cultural value that immigrant women bring to New Zealand and to create financial and vocational opportunities. The project uses waste minimisation strategies to help minimise textile waste within New Zealand local fashion, clothing and textile industry.

Key Objectives 

General Objectives were defined as:

  • • Develop environmental social responsibility through community recycling and reuse programs to minimise textile waste in New Zealand from the company Profile..

Specific Objectives were defined as:


  • • Development of new skills to community refugee groups in New Zealand
  • • Social commitment to caring for the environment.
  • • Job opportunities for refugee groups in New Zealand.
Nº02 Program recap

Collaboration 

Project was done in collaboration with: Downer, Profile Ltd, New Zealand Post, Travelling Sewing Box, ALAC Inc, Synergy Advisory and Abroad Global.

Nº03 Tomas and Patricio assisting
Nº04 Patricio's workshop in Hamilton