ADPP-GB started Fundraising through 2nd Hand Clothes & Shoes in 1988 for emergencies and some sales to generate a small income for the project implementation in Guinea-Bissau.
2nd Hand Clothes & Shoes Project supports development at various levels by providing income for many people, from personnel involved in sales and administration down to the traders. This directly affects the families, who can afford to send their children to school and generally improve their living conditions.
2nd Hand Clothes & Shoes Project supports the essential goods for people. The availability of clothes and shoes at reasonable prices allows people to dress with dignity without placing heavy demands on the household budget. Secondly, the 2nd Hand Clothes & Shoes trade has created a workplace and gives opportunities for youth.
2nd Hand Clothes & Shoes sale is fundamental in our program bouquet, both for the economy and for environmental protection and sustainability on a global level.
The clothes are sold in big and small bales. Creating the sorting centre in 2020, the clothes are sorted into 145 categories in bales from 15kg, 22,5kg or 45kg, which facilitates the vendor's needs.
The 2nd Hand Clothes & Shoes Project employs 37 people in sorting and sales. Furthermore, 190 vendors are buying the clothes & shoes in one of the four outlets and reselling them at the market.
In 2024, 2nd Hand Clothes & Shoes donated cleaning materials to the agency in the port and donated 502 kgs to social solidarity.
The project is operated according to the General Agreement with the Government of GuineaBissau.
Since 2020, the 2nd Hand Clothes & Shoes Project has sorted the clothes into categories.
This was convenient to the vendors as they got the quality and supply of what they needed in their business.
693
Tons were sold
549
Tons were sorted into small bales