Empowering Education through Clothing
1/3 or about 148 million children in India live in poverty.
This means that they lack access to essential necessities of life including clean water, food, housing and clothing.
So why not put your extra clothes to good use with Prosfero? Help provide for children in need and empower education through clothing. (All images original and taken by Aadi Shankar)
1/3 or about 148 million children in India live in poverty.
PROSFERO'S MISSION
Prosfero, a non-profit started in 2018, aims to send second-hand clothing to underprivileged school children in India. Clothing is collected by Prosfero volunteers and, through a partnership with DHL, is sent to India quarterly every year. Prosfero provides its clothing to government-run schools in the Delhi area and is partnered with Gyan Jyothi, an Indian non-profit that provides education to girls in India free of charge. Prosfero is based in Princeton, NJ.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
PREPARE BOXES
Prosfero volunteers box all donations and prepare them to be sent to India.
SHIP TO INDIA
Through a partnership with DHL, Prosfero ships 4 loads of clothing every year, completely free of charge.
DISTRIBUTE CLOTHES
Once clothes are shipped and recieved in India, they are distrivuted to school children in Gyan Jyothi and Government run schools for underpriviledged children.
PROUDLY SHIPPING THROUGH DHL INTERNATIONAL
As of Summer 2020, Prosfero has teamed-up with DHL International to efficiently and safely provide students with clothing without any shipping charges.
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