In 2014 the brand founded an affiliated Foundation know as Binti Foundation to empower most vulnerable Girls and young women to create the future they imagine for themselves; ensure they benefit form full cycle of quality education and relevant knowledge and skills.
When young women gain access to skills, resources and opportunities to grow they gain economic independence and supporting themselves, their families and communities around them.
That is when BintiAfrica Apparel thru Binti Foundation launched 2 programs in 2016 and 2019 to date to support its mission to make sure the community around Africa has a BETTER LIFE.
We work with teachers in schools and local government authorities to make sure we get the right people.
1. SPONSOR A CHILD TO LEARN
We support both girls and boys from challenged backgrounds who cannot afford indirect costs associated with primary school learning such as disposable menstrual products, school uniforms, shoes, school bags, books, pencils, pens, and other essential school supplies.
Many young girls must stay out of school for up to 5 days during menstruation period because they cannot afford sanitary pads, they resort to sponge, paper and rags. These unhygienic practices expose them to various infections.
2.FASHION, ART & DESIGNING SKILLS PROGRAM
The Binti Fashion, Art & Design Skills Training program is set up to provide training in Fashion Design, Art & sewing for young women aged between 18 and 30 years from challenged backgrounds.
Our definition of challenged backgrounds includes but not limited to; orphans, secondary school leavers and dropouts, victims of forced early marriages, divorced young women and physically challenged young women living in poverty.
A six-month program is both paid and sponsored by BintiAfrica Apparel, providing FREE training opportunities , This helps young women to become self-employed or having a certain skill to make her secure a decent job.
BintiAfrica Apparel will always support empowerment programs that support vulnerable girls and young women to shift their economic, education, and social outcomes in the long-term.