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Meet the lady behind an initiative that is sustainably humanitarian

Tue 08 Mar 2022    
EcoBalance
| 2 min read

March is International Women’s Month and what better time to celebrate the women making serious waves in the UAE such as Jennifer Sault and her team of strong women. 

Sault, Founder of Thrift for Good, a local charity initiative, combined her love for humanity, sustainability and fashion to create a charity that rehomes preloved items in order to reduce waste, encourage sustainability and use the profits made from selling these clothing items to help children around the world through charities including well-known, Gulf For Good.

Thrift for Good was founded years ago without a name and rather informally. Sault used to work with Gulf for Good, a local non-profit where people can raise funds for children’s charity projects through life-changing adventure challenges.  In this organization, many people wanted to donate their clothes and their time to volunteer, so Sault and a community of supporters began holding flea market sales to raise extra funds. This initiative grew week by week during the pandemic and when Thrift for Good went online, it opened up the concept to an even wider community of volunteers and buyers. From there, it kept growing and today they have two stores – one in the Golden Mile Galleria Building 8 on the Palm Jumeirah and one at Times Square Center off of Sheik Zayed Road, as well as a growing online store, presence in various weekend markets, sustainable workshops and more!

The initiative is comprised of all females including staff, volunteers and even donors and customers. “Being a female organization has really strengthened our sense of community,” said Sault. ‘Our team of women are led with vision, kindness and care for the planet and we have found that our stores have in a way become the heart of the communities that they are in, with the atmospheres always buzzing with new ideas, friendships, and a combined desire to really make a difference in this world.” Sault continues, “To quote a former Gulf for Good colleague, “teamwork is what makes the dream work” and we find that this phrase truly shines through in every single thing that we do as a team at Thrift For Good.”

 Source: Supplied


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