Building Sustainable Organizations: Easy is not an option!
summary
Social business makes and exports bags and t-shirts, hires women rescued or at high risk of trafficking, and proves a noncharity model can scale: started with NZ$5,000 seed capital, grew from 20 women making ~20 bags/day to 150 women employed, pays livable wages, runs an in‑house nursery, offers ESI health insurance and Provident Fund, provides literacy, debt-relief and property ownership, and pilots multiplying the model into source villages to prevent trafficking rather than just treating its effects.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction to Freet
- 2:52The reality of the sex trade
- 8:14Empowerment through business
- 14:14The history and model of Freet
- 23:06Overcoming operational challenges
- 30:48The power of hope and impact
- 33:22Q&A and future outlook
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