A social entrepreneur is an individual who recognises, launches and leads new business opportunities but is motivated by social goals and to maximize improvements in human and environmental well-being rather than increasing their personal wealth. As well as social enterprise we are a community enterprise as we are social enterprises that are committed to bringing a change in a specific community (India).
About us
As Travel and Tourism students who have a thirst for knowledge, gaining awareness of the cotton farmers and factory workers in India, has inspired us to want to do more. It did start off as just a PantrepreneurSHIP project with our college but each day we get more and more invested in this charity and it has honestly pulled on our heartstrings.As a team we represent France, South Africa, Brazil and the Caribbean speaking a variety of languages this makes us unique and diverse within ourselves. All of our representative countries including Britain suffer from poverty in some way. We see the future of the site continuing to highlight child labour and child poverty in many different countries. For more details on why this means so much to us check out our post here 'Why help?'
Our Goals & Aims
Our 1st aim and the most important aim is to sell as many products as physically possible. We are so determined to help raise funds we would do whatever it takes to contribute towards giving the people in India the life they truly deserve.
Our 2nd aim is not to make people feel sorry about the farmers in India, but to show their hard work and dedication on producing cotton.
Our 3rd aim is to stop child labour, the Indian cotton industry is marked by the highest proportion of child labour in its workforce. One of the reports we read states that although children were enrolled in local schools, they were found working on farms during school hours.
Using the same principle as Pants to Poverty, we will continue to seek other entrepreneurial fair trade ideas such as: One Water and Divine Chocolate in which to promote, sell and continue to raise awareness of fair trade issues. One Water is a registered UK charity, working with communities in Africa to address some of the most pressing humanitarian issues of the day, including clean drinking water, hygiene & sanitation, nutrition, health, education and poverty reduction and Divine Chocolate is the only Fairtrade chocolate company which is 45% owned by the farmers! After consultation with the rest of the team we have chosen 3 other fair-trade schemes in which to raise awareness and highlight their issues and good causes:
Toms One for One – Eye Care with every pair of TOMS Eyewear you purchase, you renew opportunity for patients around the world, eager to return to work, their family and communities. And you help us invest in sustainable, smart eye care programs that are building for the future. One for One, you’re helping people in need reclaim their independence. Shoes - Once shoes are bought, Toms collaborate with our long-term Giving Partners to distribute the same number of pairs as their customers buy. 
One Water - Provide a range of sustainable water projects, using technologies that are appropriate to the communities they serve and that can be easily maintained. Now, instead of walking for hours to collect water, children can go to school and entire communities benefit from access to fresh drinking water. Excess water can be used to irrigate vegetable gardens, giving communities the opportunity to grow and sell their own crops
By joining the above affiliate programs Pants 4 Asia will have the opportunity to continue to generate revenue for these amazing causes as well as furthering our knowledge.
