Today, when a girl enters our program, she not only receives a new school uniform, but she receives a full tuition 10scholarship, full year of school supplies, and a 11year-round tutoring from our local staff.
After we provided our first round of uniforms, we realized our students were 12outgrowing them very quickly. So that was where the uniform that grows was born. It grows six sizes and up to 12 inches in length. It 13adjusts in various parts of the body to provide a 14well-tailored fit.
We 15employ 20 16seamstresses in Togo. We 17intentionally hire women from low-income, low-education backgrounds who haven't had the opportunity to go to school 18previously. We guarantee salaries 19on average 75% higher than minimum wage. We provide three-month paid 20maternity leave, 21unlimited 22sick leave, and kind of a whole host of 23benefits that 24ensure that women in the workplace can 25thrive.
