Kimberly-Clark Employees Use Their Skills to Help End Poverty
How Kimberly-Clark employees supported Social Enterprises during their No Poverty Change Day 🌎
Kimberly-Clark has 46,000 employees around the world who create products that help individuals experience more of what’s essential to them. Their well-known global brands, including Andrex, Cottonelle, Depend, Huggies, Kleenex, Plenitude, Poise, Scott and U by Kotex, are an indispensable part of life for people in more than 175 countries, and they hold the No. 1 or No. 2 brand share in 80 countries.
The Kimberly-Clark No Poverty Change Day brought together 20 employees from across the world to volunteer their expertise to support 4 Social Enterprises helping to end poverty.
THE SOCIAL ENTERPRISES
The Social Enterprises they supported were:
era92 Creative who help disadvantaged youth in Africa develop skills in art, design and technology and into sustainable work 🇺🇬
MKCurvy who seek to infuse colorful fabrics typically worn in Africa into mainstream fashion with all our clothing pieces produced in Africa within a women driven supply chain 🇺🇸
S4S Technologies who train landless women farmers to become Micro-Entrepreneurs, by equipping them with the right combination of technology, finance, and market; and also provide solar dryers to farmers to process vegetables and buy back processed produce from them 🇮🇳
The Bra Recyclers who reduce the number of usable textiles going into our landfills while providing substantial benefit to women and girls escaping domestic violence and human trafficking 🇺🇸
WHAT HAPPENED
Ahead of the day, the Kimberly-Clark employees were matched with a Social Enterprise based on the causes they care about and the skills the Social Enterprises needed.
On the day, they got to work! During the 4 hour session, the Kimberly-Clark employees worked to support the Social Enterprises with what they needed, including marketing strategies, financial planning, business strategy and a whole lot more!
At the end of the day, the Kimberly-Clark employees and Social Enterprises presented their work together, including the steps they would take beyond the Change Day to grow the impact of the Social Enterprises.
WHAT CHANGEMAKERS THOUGHT
“This has been such a beautiful opportunity to understand other people’s realities, challenges and dreams and come together to help build, develop and transform from a place of openness and genuine interest, this to me is the definition of making lives better all around the world. Thanks to Kimberly-Clark and We Make Change for making it happen and bringing out the best in all of us!”
- Samantha
“Change Day provided me with the opportunity to contribute to something greater than myself while also growing my own skills. The social enterprise has a great vision and cause and it was empowering to know I can actually make a change in this world within these couple of hours.”
- Kaela
“Great opportunity to be part of this initiative. It's such an amazing quick win, and an easy way to help by just being yourself, by just doing what you do every day. Thanks for the opportunity!”
- Celia
WHAT SOCIAL ENTERPRISES THOUGHT
“This Change Day was an amazing opportunity to network with sharp minds and kind hearts to develop solid bones for our supply chain and marketing strategies. I thought I knew everything about a company of which I'm Founder. The simple, insightful questions asked of our team went such a long towards building a more effective and sustainable company poised for growth and massive social impact.”
- Nwamaka: Founder, MKCurvy
“This has been an amazing day to dig deeper into questions or issues that I had for my business. Getting a different perspective from volunteers, not in my industry is invaluable.”
- Elaine: CEO, The Bra Recyclers
“The Change Day was such a great way for us to solve problems with skilled people across the world! Love the energy!”
- Nidhi: Co-Founder, S4S Technologies
RESULT
“The Change Day provided a unique opportunity for our employees to gain consumer insights that we might not get any other way. It also allowed our employees to use their skills and experience to positively impact a Social Enterprise, and employees left the day inspired by the purpose, passion, and persistence of the social entrepreneurs they met that day – I know I did.”
PETE DULCAMARA
CHIEF SCIENTIST & TECHNICAL VICE-PRESIDENT,
KIMBERLY-CLARK
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“It was such an inspirational day - providing input to help one company have a real impact on ending poverty!”
- Daphne
