Dressing for success organisation

image : www.dressforsuccess.com

Greetings students..how are you all doing. Thank you for viewing my blog once more. Today i am going to talk about dressing for success once more. No not the idea but the organisation. While i was doing my research for my previous blog i bumped into this unique company..by accident actually and i thought i would talk about it not only because it is a brilliant idea but because part of being in business is serving your community.

Dress for Success is a global not-for-profit organization that promotes the economic independence of disadvantaged women by providing professional attire, a network of support and the career development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.

Since starting operations in 1997, Dress for Success has expanded to more than 140 cities in 19 countries and has helped more than 850,000 women work towards self-sufficiency.

image : www.dressforsuccess.com

When i realised what it was i was very suprised and disappointed that we do not have an affiliate in our country considering the large number of disadvantaged women that we have so i decided to write a petition letter to one of the directors asking them to have an affiliate in Zimbabwe. If you want to be a part of that movement send me an email @nyashlvslv@gmail.com or inbox Nyasha Chiuswa on Facebook. 

As part of Dress for Success' mandate they provide clothing, career guidance and interview tips for women in an effort to level the playing field especially in business. They also help these budding professionals to serve their community even after they have been employed and have succeeded themselves. 

For more about Dress for Success go to their website https://www.dressforsuccess.org/about-us/ and find out more about being a part of the organization.

"If we can find approaches that meet the needs of the poor in ways that generate profits for business and votes for politicians, we will have found a sustainable way to reduce inequity in the world. This task is open-ended. It can never be finished. But a conscious effort to answer this challenge will change the world." Bill Gates

But my job today isn't to advertise dress for success i wanted to ask Zimbabweans this question...why do you not have such ideas yourselves. I challenge you to look beyond your borders and see what other countries are doing in an effort to improve themselves. Such ideas are relatively simple and may only require your efforts.

And because you might need a bit of help here are some other ideas to help you along.

• Provide underpriviledged girls with prom dresses or wedding dresses http://fairygodmothersinc.org/
• Have a soup kitchen and provide food for street kids
• Adopt a sister/brother-not literally but provide them with food,clothes and help them with their homework https://www.facebook.com/BigBrotherFoundation
• Adopt a grand parent or a parent from one of the local Old People's homes.
• Organise a marathon and collect money on the day. Give that money to a poor family or five.
• Be part of an initiative that provides school uniforms and shoes for children who walk several kilometres to school
• Teach English and Maths to dyslexic students for free http://www.vvob.be/zimbabwe/what-we-do/quality-education-and-vulnerability-programme?q=what-we-do/inservicetrainingofteachers

"It's very difficult to be continuously charitable in a capitalistic society. You've also got to make sure that you can pay everyone who works for you."Felix Dennis 

The list of things you can do is shockingly long so why not start today.