Posted on 26 November 2010. Tags: africa, army, clothing, clothing donations, dirty little secret, documentary, Jobs, manufacturing, Salvation, salvation army, second hand clothes, traditional clothing, unpack
I watched part of this documentary about how second-hand clothes from the US end up in Africa. Apparently the Salvation Army doesn’t even unpack most of their clothing donations, they SELL them to dealers in Africa who mark them up 400%. This industry has put almost all of the domestic clothing manufacturing out of business and a lot of people who had those skills are out of jobs, many of them gone from hand-making traditional clothing to selling second-hand US clothes at markets. Would people still donate to the Salvation Army if they knew what they were really doing?
Not to mention the whole “we don’t hire gays” policy but that’s another story …
Posted in Affiliate Marketing 101
Posted on 23 November 2010. Tags: africa, army, clothing, clothing donations, dirty little secret, documentary, Jobs, manufacturing, Salvation, salvation army, second hand clothes, traditional clothing, unpack
I watched part of this documentary about how second-hand clothes from the US end up in Africa. Apparently the Salvation Army doesn’t even unpack most of their clothing donations, they SELL them to dealers in Africa who mark them up 400%. This industry has put almost all of the domestic clothing manufacturing out of business and a lot of people who had those skills are out of jobs, many of them gone from hand-making traditional clothing to selling second-hand US clothes at markets. Would people still donate to the Salvation Army if they knew what they were really doing?
Not to mention the whole “we don’t hire gays” policy but that’s another story …
Posted in Affiliate Marketing 101
Posted on 23 November 2010. Tags: africa, army, clothing, clothing donations, dirty little secret, documentary, Jobs, manufacturing, Salvation, salvation army, second hand clothes, traditional clothing, unpack
I watched part of this documentary about how second-hand clothes from the US end up in Africa. Apparently the Salvation Army doesn’t even unpack most of their clothing donations, they SELL them to dealers in Africa who mark them up 400%. This industry has put almost all of the domestic clothing manufacturing out of business and a lot of people who had those skills are out of jobs, many of them gone from hand-making traditional clothing to selling second-hand US clothes at markets. Would people still donate to the Salvation Army if they knew what they were really doing?
Not to mention the whole “we don’t hire gays” policy but that’s another story …
Posted in Affiliate Marketing 101