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A well-known billionaire from China once said, “My grandmother has only one shirt in her wardrobe. My mother has three. My daughter's generation, 50 and 48 per cent of them she never wears.” That's fast fashion for you. It is replicating recent high-fashion trends and designs, mass producing them at a low cost and putting them into retail stores quickly to capitalise on the current high demand. Our stores are flooded with clothes, that then come flooding into our wardrobes, which then choke our landfills, lakes and rivers.
T-shirts, jeans, dresses, sweaters, jackets, trousers, shorts, skirts, and also old curtains, ripped mattresses, torn towels, discarded upholstery fabric and old dusters. Think of how much we throw away on a daily basis. You don't even need to go as far as a landfill, just look for the rubbish heap in your neighbourhood.
That's one side of the story. On the other side are communities who are still denied basic necessities such as clothing. Men and women are exposed to extreme weather without the protection of clothes, and children who don't have anything to wrap around themselves.
Donating clothes is the easiest and most obvious way to give your clothes a conscience. Not only do you extend their lives and keep them from polluting our environment as waste, but you also make a difference in the lives of those in need. And that is what Uday Foundation has made its mission – to make a positive impact in the lives of underprivileged families in India and to change their immediate circumstances in small and large ways.
As the seasons change, you may discover that your clothes from the previous year no longer fit. If you notice clothes piling up in your family's closets and want to help the less fortunate, donating clothes to Uday Foundation is a great way to help.
Uday Foundation, a Delhi-based charitable organisation, accepts all types of summer and winter clothing for children and adults. Started in 2007 after founder Rahul Verma's son fell ill, the Uday Foundation has served underprivileged people from various parts of India who have settled in Delhi with no food to eat, no shelter for protection, and no decent clothes to wear. Uday Foundation works with such people to help them with these basic needs and to give them dignity.
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T-shirts, jeans, dresses, sweaters, jackets, trousers, shorts, skirts, and also old curtains, ripped mattresses, torn towels, discarded upholstery fabric and old dusters. Think of how much we throw away on a daily basis. You don't even need to go as far as a landfill, just look for the rubbish heap in your neighbourhood.
That's one side of the story. On the other side are communities who are still denied basic necessities such as clothing. Men and women are exposed to extreme weather without the protection of clothes, and children who don't have anything to wrap around themselves.
Donating clothes is the easiest and most obvious way to give your clothes a conscience. Not only do you extend their lives and keep them from polluting our environment as waste, but you also make a difference in the lives of those in need. And that is what Uday Foundation has made its mission – to make a positive impact in the lives of underprivileged families in India and to change their immediate circumstances in small and large ways.
As the seasons change, you may discover that your clothes from the previous year no longer fit. If you notice clothes piling up in your family's closets and want to help the less fortunate, donating clothes to Uday Foundation is a great way to help.
Uday Foundation, a Delhi-based charitable organisation, accepts all types of summer and winter clothing for children and adults. Started in 2007 after founder Rahul Verma's son fell ill, the Uday Foundation has served underprivileged people from various parts of India who have settled in Delhi with no food to eat, no shelter for protection, and no decent clothes to wear. Uday Foundation works with such people to help them with these basic needs and to give them dignity.
Uday Foundation, Serving Underprivileged With Clothes, Food And Medicines
Clothes With A Conscience
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