"Empower the people to rise above poverty"
"To create sustainable economic development programs that support holistic growth of individuals and communities living in poverty"
"To inspire the knowledge of a generation about their ability to bring change to a world that is in need"
Krochet Kids is a completely
non-profit organization that focuses on allowing families in poverty to provide
for themselves by learning how to crochet. Kohl taught his two close friends
Travis and Stewart how to crochet in high school and thought of it as a hobby.
In college they would volunteer to help out underdeveloped nations which in the
end humbled them greatly and fueled them to want to help more. After Stewart
came home from volunteering in Uganda, he told his friends how the people there
are depending on government camps as well as government aid for over 20 years.
The people were done with depending on them but they had no other choice. This
is where Krochet Kids basically started.
What
Krochet Kids do is that they go to an underdeveloped country and teach the people
how to crochet and create items that they can sell through the organization.
They are paid a wage that will allow them to provide for their own family. This
was all because Krochet Kids taught the people how to crochet. Just a hook and
some yarn. So far they have helped 150 people in Uganda and Peru. They are
working and are now capable of receiving education. This allows the people to
have a job and give them a sense of empowerment, that they can provide for
themselves instead of depending on government aid.
One
thing that is very unique about this company is that each hat has a tag inside
that has the name written (not printed) of the person who created that hat or
other clothing items. On the website they actually show statistics on how
making an income can change your life. The company itself is still growing and
wants to eventually branch out into more underdeveloped countries.
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