Thai Silk Scarf

Perhaps silk shirts make the world a better place where you ask a good social entrepreneur thinks.

For every shirt sold silk, www.silkshirtstore.com gives profit of 10% as a loan to help entrepreneurs in developing countries to create their own small businesses, which will be profitable once

Silkshirtstore.com is part of a social enterprise called Kohtrad silk project, a collection of specialized sites selling silk shirts, silk scarves and silk shawls. The project aims to give producers of silk in the Isaan, Northeast Thailand as a platform to sell their products around the world.

Another site the project is www.silkscarfshawls.com specializing in silk scarves high quality handmade and silk shawls. 50% of profits from each scarf shawl silk and silk are being sold to an Internet platform to the village community, where the silk scarves are made.

The person behind the company is Farquhar Simpkin. Before Farquhar had an idea for a project, he used to run a record company in London but after being frustrated by the music industry, he decided he wanted to make something different so he sold his record, all his possessions and went traveling.

"I ended up going to Australia first, and this is a small book store in Perth that I came across a book called a social entrepreneur Nic Francis called the end of Charity. I became interested in social enterprise while in London, but it was this book that really caught my attention. It was during a trip around Thailand and thinking about what I 'I could do afterwards that I became friends with a girl who had family and make friends of silk in the poorest region of Thailand Isaan, but no idea how to market to west. So the idea really spawned from there. "

But this is not just a project to help the weavers of silk, it is also one to help Farquhar himself.

"After his return trip I ended up being hit by the recession and the difficulty in finding work for over a year, I just thought that's enough, lets' try this project. Life is too short to wait, hoping that something will happen.

 

I wanted to start a project that helped people to poverty, including me. I wanted to make money, be self-sustainable, with the profits are reinvested in the community where the silk is made, what more can start generating revenues and jobs. "

So there you have it, the silk with a social mission. If you want to track the progress of the project Kohtrad silk, you can visit - and silkscarfshawls.com silkshirtstore.com.