How is your spine? - asking this because u sleep in your car...

I would too. They look more chic than most new, affordable clothing.

You should check out the coolirpa KZfaq channel. She makes amazing transformations of secondhand clothes.

Me too!

People in poor countries wear them happily anyway. Westerners have no idea how lucky they are

Same!!! I loved the first jacket!

Umrao979 Yes, he is fantastic. So creative, makes me want to think outside the box as often as possible, so I will!

Thank you, that is encouraging. I have done the same as him mostly transforming the fabric into hats but into other pieces as well. I do it for myself and have done some pieces for some friends. However, it is not so popular, and not everyone appreciates it. My most labourious piece was a Victorian era inspired hat. I woman I knew told me I could easily get 300 dollars for it but someone else asked me "Is it recycled?".

I wish his part had been longer. It would be interesting to see more of his creations.

He was fabulous! I am always impressed by creative ingenuity, I wouldn’t know where to start.

that guy was the star of this program. he uses what he can find and turns it into something greater. imagine what he would do in the u.s. with all these selfish and reckless shoppers who throw out things constantly that they get bored with..smh

Great choice. All the clutter gives me a headache! Less is more

Me too a minimalist Here,I don't own a car but I have a bike,its not like I can afford it,the fact is I am I don't need it I only take public transport

Throd world countries dont have factories like we do... They need our donations to have normal clothing at all. Fashion will never be a thing we buy little of because the nature of it being a creative expression. Most people are not happy with minimalism, stop policing

@Made In Poverty funny joke, go Vegan!

hahah leftists are the trendiest hypocrites always, they are the ones who keep the demand growing, the need for unlimited supply of scarves, funky eyeglasses and tight suits explodes.

@@inquixotic7710 Third world countries don't have factories like we do? Well, let me do a bit of research on where 'our' clothes are actually produced. 1. China. 2. Vietnam. 3. Bangladesh. 4. Indonesia. 5. Mexico. 6. India. 7. Cambodia. 8. Honduras. 9. El Salvador. 10. Sri Lanka. I

Crap buying less! This isn't about buying less! These liers should stop saying your donation isn't your stuff being stolen then sold. This is whole sale fraud.

Send the cloths to my family and others we are walking naked here+254795015517 whatsapps

Clothes made better back then

do you have anything from your youth that u would be willing to sell? clothes from the '80's and before were made with such higher quality fabrics and styling

Say who?

@@thomas4315 well some rich people cover the toilets with banknotes or throw money at parties but that's not the best things to do when the whole is struggling and our resources are scarce. No need to be greedy and eat 5 times more than you actually can.

We’re talking clothes that been clothing the poor in Africa when the were bare ball and tits hanging. So what do you tell them when the clothes stop they are being tariff? Clothes wear out in 2 month. And more is needed. Stop looking trough your prospective. As you have enough surplus. If you were there you be told sorry there not spinning us free cloths anymore. You have to buy them. But they are farmer and The they don’t get payed but 1 time a yr. clothes wear out.

Great advice.

I only buy at 2nd hand clothes for 5 + decades at least. Not just because if the prices but I have boycotted many industries in my life.

Jamie MacDonald I don’t remember having one maybe in the 1920’s , Americans will buy cheap from another countries they don’t care or see the effect they just are spoiled and selfish.

… and improved the very lives of so many men and women around the globe who are now employed and thriving and able to eat ever day in and because of this industry.

@@MsAnna47 By wiping off 540,000 jobs in the textile industry in my country, Kenya

Look at the economy of Bangladesh, in 2024 it’s expected to be classed as a “Developing Country” due to the textile industry.

@@MsAnna47 there`s a point

kikay San And what are you going to wear than ?

I agree. Just looked at the salary of the Goodwill CEO compared to the CEO of the Salvation Army.

@@kmarchman1047 Goodwill isn't a charity.

@@noleftturnunstoned precisely he made comparison!!! You did get it.

Doing business with blood you donated is of course bad. But creating value for used clothes is welcome.

I know a person in my country who started as a charity missionary.....Today his son continues it and he owns a private jet, luxury yatch and even a university ! It is an amazing truth that poverty

Yes I hlp you

You need contact me 😊

Hnm is gone wildest

And local poor people aren't naked anymore.

it's a thrill to find a true OSCAR DE LA RENTA for $5 American in a used clothing store......

At least our clothes goes to you rather than prop up people that produce kids and can't afford them

Who is going to pay for logistics and manpower?

The ppl distributing and sorting need to be paid. They dont do this for free!

It is like redcross, all the donation are not free for second life. thats why I dont donate to redcross

Although you gave a product free, there are people handling, shipping, etc to be paid. Not to mention the cost to ship. Maybe you could cut out all the middle men, and ship them to these people yourself. For me it is refreshing to see that the clothes aren't just ending up in the landfill when the thrift stores can't/don't sell them.

if you live in US, and donate to charity shops only less tan 20% actually get used, the rest ether goes to Africa or landfill. Fix your clothes and reuse it, don't shop new.

Peter Woods, Torre Chianca thats dope

Lol, I was dressed as Mother Teresa.

😂😂😂😂 that made me laugh

Actually laughing out loud 👍🏼😆

I’m sorry for laughing 😂

Anne Wong true! So who cares what the company do to the clothes because we don’t want to deal with it so we donated it and the people who took over can do whatever they want. The clothes have to go somewhere.

this is totally wrong. they are advertising falsely (they portray themselves as a charity but are making millions out of it).....

Anne Wong totally agree

Oluwasanmi Odejayi making millions for charity

No. If i dont want my clothes ill send it straight to the thrash after i tear it up. Or i give someone who needs it directly. But now you say "hey why dont you give charity".. is this charity? If you would make money from it, i can as well sell it to you.

Well it was donated because they give flyers...that's why they give their nice shoes and clothes. Lying to make money out of it. Imagine NGOs with Shareholders??? See??? The poor buying donated clothes for the Poor in the end.

I used to buy in $10 each t.shir and jeans and so on, and I was happy, nowadays not more, becouse the government of Kenya stop it

In 20 years, he'll be wearing a suit and modeling for clothing recyclers?

Lolol ikr!?

funny

Giveaway local shops!

Here in the US many of us check out the resale shops before buying anything new. Goodwill, Salvation Army, and a Veterans Thrift Store have long been my favorite ''dress store'' after that come two chains that sell last seasons merchandise at a huge markdown. I've shopped this way for over 50 years.

ME , TOO......AMERICAN.....

It's , not really sad, because that makes wearing traditional clothes have "more value" in that one would only wear them for on special occasions..it's makes traditional clothes the "Gucci" of their country.

Glad for ya!

PLEASE, DON'T FEED THE BEARS.................welfare system in America....

Jim Palmore ..I Give my Used Clothes to Local Charity Shops which Support Cancer, Heart, Babies .Mental Health etc ..My Stuff is not Going to Africa or Some Muslim Country ..Charity begins at Home ...

Instead of sending care packages, send them materials that they need to make into things & earn an income. That is what they do in our church.

Inalso asked the preacher from Ethiopia, while there, & he said same thing. He said don’t send stuff - just money!!! Later I learned he was involved the NAR (name it claim it/distorted bible /greed /false ) I dont give anymore. 😟

@@mamajinimurphy5640 yeah the second they ask for money I'm done.

Did you not see the farmers at the end?

Have you heard of a thing called “a salary”

What would you do with your old crap if they didn't take it from you? Toss it in the trash, I imagine. And when has anyone lied to you about where the clothes you donate go? It's not their fault you made ridiculous assumptions.

Bec NGOs are business actually.

Bus stops too

That is so true. I used to volunteer for Oxfam and during a staff meeting we were told that for every €1 donated only 14% actually goes to the cause, rest is used to pay salaries, overheads, rents and so on. I've not donated money since.

I go on the street and hand money to homeless people. I dont donate to organizations.

No NGO is a truly transparent org. working for the needy. They all get tons of money and they all are greedy, simple. Majority of NGOs literally wash money. They are money laundering companies in short. Let me tell you one fun fact, most of the blood donated is used to extract plasma which is sold off to high-end cosmetic companies for hundreds of millions.

atleast so many workers have jobs though through it is helping low income familys

@@MeetYourArchitect depressing.

@@1985bjaycat yes, it is.

Normaly i pass it to friends first before giving it to the charity shop or the recycle bins .After investigate where the clothes go i will think twice before donating to charities .

agree

Nah you broke

I have seen wealthy people buy used clothing at the Salvation Army and you can find excellent clothing at times. You have to look hard.

@@TheJules1003 Op shopping (opportunity shops aka thrift stores) is a past time in Australia. Recycling clothing is seen as more efficient. Often the clothing is passed on due to them shrinking or someone has lost weight or someone has passed on or they were given a fresh lot of clothing or some of the clothes turned out to be uncomfortable for our particular body shape. In our church we have a clothing bag go around. When it's your turn, you take what you would like to have & add those things you no longer want & pass onto the next person.

Selling to third world countries brings financial resources back to first world countries. First world homeless dont need more clothes they need more money. The bins are an extreme asset for everyone involved

I dont think its a scam.. here in the philippines, badjaos who begs money for a living before, now earn a living selling used/second hand shoes and bags.. its like indirect charity..

Nicholas Littlejohn No my friend its not a scam, simply business.

It's not a scam. The clothing that goes into the Goodwill bins go to the Goodwill outlets and stores and the proceeds benefit those in need. I've seen customers at the outlets buying these clothes with the intent of shipping them back home to their home countries and that simply does not seem like a scam to me.

@@lesleyturner840 Ah, but Goodwill itself is a SCAM. Their executives earn seven-figure salaries, and for most of the outlets that I have been to, their clothes prices are very high. I mean, 8 dollars for a used T-shirt? I can get new print T-shirts from the local Wal-Mart for about the same price! They are also building new stores here to rival commercial stores. Our local GoodWills don't have many sales, and small discounts compared to our other local thrift shops.

Do have any idea how many people in the textile industry in the third world countries are going out of jobs because of this?

Anne-Marie A How about the revenue the govts. get in terms of taxes.

transportation cost is not a big deal, especially cargo shipping

These clothes are bought and sold in tons and tons, the transport charges are mere when the quantity is huge and when exported the government gives drawback percentage depending on each country and these goods mostly end up in countries like Dubai where the import charges are less.

I've not watched the whole vid, only 20mins but I can say, these recycling companies pay the charity a small amount per kg of clothing they collect.. the charity gets a little bit, better than nothing I suppose but the recycling company has the real opportunity to make the real money...

You don't get it buddy!

@Allyson Jayne with all due respect, you both failed to see the flip side of the coin! Let me ask you, if you were a cotton manufacturing plant or cotton farmer or local clothing manufacturer in Africa-Do you know the kind of impact these used clothes have on African economies?

251 L A N D it just said people there prefer to buy those clothes Since they are cheaper

Anyone who doesn't see the lying and fraud going on here needs to open their eyes. I would gladly give to a third world business, but I want to know that's what is going on. There are local people who need help.

What do you think they do with stuff that dont sell? It is in landfiels

It harms the local clothing makers in the poorer countries.

Please explain why.

​@@Gary-Seven-and-Isis-in-1968 How can local shops who make clothing by hand compete?

You're a troll ? Stop being silly or at least find some constructive criticism You've seen how this industry creates thousands of jobs globally and you worry about the cotton picker having to choose between making traditional clothing or buying easily affordable secondhand clothes?. . That argument is ridiculous. Factories in China make it impossible for any country to compete already. So where is your problem?

@@Gary-Seven-and-Isis-in-1968 actually they had plenty of factories, and people worked in garment industry, but once they became the second hand clothing dumping ground, factories went out of business, because couldnt compete with .40c clothing from second hand markets, so this ruined their clothing industry, you can see documentories on this its quite recorded

it's destroying more jobs than it create

local clothes producer can't keep up with the second hand clothes, killing the industry altogether

i try to donate locally, though.

@@skellurip that not the fault of second hand clothes seller , more the fault of the business economics of western fashion waste ,

Funny how familiar you are with how it looks.

Donate me I need clothes ,I and my family r wearing clothes from more than 7 years, if any one donates me ,I and my family will be happy , from india

What do you need, maybe we coud send you

i know right! even second hand clothes in western stores is expensive!

@@jonathanandrew2909 IF you are struggling, salvation army will help you.....find one close to you....seek help.....no shame in asking for a hand up.....

@@beamills9205 salvation army are expencive,some stores are cheaper than salvation army. Its not right.

Second hand clothes and other stuff are expensive here too, sometimes as high as buying new stuff

Unfortunately, the homeless problem requires more than money can fix. San Francisco spends nearly $1 billion USD per year on their homeless problem, but they still have a huge issue with homelessness that is not getting better.

People who work for UNESCO, the Ford Foundation and all other charitable organizations make huge salaries. Someone should make a documentary about how much money those people make. You would be surprised at the salaries those people make. It is incredible! The salaries come from your donations. So when you give clothes or money or whatever to charity you are paying people salaries first. The same goes for donations to churches. A lot of that money goes for salaries and doesn’t reach for people. I don’t know how this issue can be solved. If San Francisco is paying $1 billion a year to help homeless people why are there still homeless people there? Something is wrong. I understand that the infrastructure has to be paid for, transportation and sorting and etc. etc. of course need to be covered. Nothing is free. I understand that. But the farmers in Africa and other Asian countries need to be able to make a better salary for their products that is now purchased for a very cheap price by Western countries. The concept of fair trade needs to be extended further so that farmers around the world make more money from their efforts. Also more industry needs to be developed in Africa and Asia so that they process the raw materials that they make. That’s where the profit is for them. If you just grow the cotton or the coffee or any of those other products you don’t make a great deal of money. Just producing the raw materials is not enough. Making the cloth, designing the clothes, that is where the profit is. And Africa and Asia needs to be more involved in those profit-making industries. If they just keep producing the raw materials they will still be almost like a colony like they were before.

Charity and recycling with everyone benefitting, period

Yes, in the beginning they said some of those clothes were donated only a month after being purchased. So, to me, it sounds like a lot of the donated clothes are barely worn and practically brand new. Sure, there will be some old junk that has been worn 100 times, too, but it looked like rich people were just tossing stuff after 1 season.

They are very cheap. Not as much as one might spend in the west. Most importantly it will cost money to transport and work force needed to deliver these clothes to these countries

Americans have to pay for donated clothes. I work at a thrift shop. They have to pay rent, staff, and shipping. If they all charged $2 for everything they wouldn't be there.

They have to pay shipping because the stuff that doesn't sell at the stores then goes to another thrift shop to be sold cheaper.