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Reselling children's designer fashion
to support worthy causes

Social Responsibility

KiDS Vision

KidsDressSmart (KiDS), established in 2014, is a socially responsible business that was developed from a desire to make a positive impact on the environment, by reducing waste in the fashion industry and transforming unwanted clothes into a force for good while offering parents an exciting, novel and cost effective way to shop for kids' designer clothes.
 
We therefore created a marketplace giving parents the opportunity to extend the lives of their designer children’s clothes, either by reselling or donating them, a place where parents could purchase high quality children’s clothing, thereby collaborating to reduce waste and creating a platform that could be used to support worthy causes. Clothes in this way become a force for good and affect positive social change. Our vision and goals are:

 To have a beneficial impact on the environment by promoting reuse, thus reducing waste and preserving natural resources.

To directly supports organisations that focus on the environment and make lives better for children in need.

 

To maximise our efforts and create a powerful social movement, we encourage parents to donate clothes their children no longer need so that those can be sold to raise funds for these institutions, therefore developing a new channel through which such organisations can be funded.  

When you donate your clothes, KiDS donates an additional 10%— In this way, 60% of the sale price will go support worthy causes.  

By matching people who’d like the opportunity to purchase children’s designer clothing and accessories at reduced prices with those who no longer need these items, we can raise more money for to protect the planet and help these in need. 


DID YOU KNOW?

The proceeds from just one unused designer dress could help to support underprivileged children in Hong Kong to attend school.

DID YOU KNOW?

The proceeds from just one pre-loved designer cardigan could provide basic health care for a child in rural community.

ORGANISATIONS KiDS SUPPORTS

Preserving the environment & educating children from all walks of society about the importance of protecting the planet we live in, as well as helping children in need are the two pillars of KiDS philosophy. These beliefs have influenced our initial selection of charities, the majority being in Asia and Hong Kong as we want to make a direct impact where we live.  To better monitor how the donations are used by seeking feedback from the institutions to track how the donated money has been invested, we have levered on the great expertise of TwoPresents and also our board advisers, who have been involved in the charity field for long. Please support these special causes!

FOSTER LITERACY AT AN EARLY AGE

PROMOTE EDUCATION AND GENDER EQUALITY 

PROVIDE HEALTHCARE FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN

 


CHARITIES

Angkor Hospital for Children

Box of Hope

Bring Me A Book Hong Kong

Changing Young Lives Foundation

Children of the Mekong

Children's Medical Foundation

Children’s Cancer Foundation

Children Heart Foundation

Christian Action’s Centre for Refugees

Christina Noble Children's Foundation

EM Power

End Child Sexual Abuse Foundation

HandsOn Hong Kong

Hong Kong Adventist Hospital Foundation

Hope Worldwide

Joshua Hellmann Foundation

Kids4Kids

Les Oursins

Make-A-Wish

Mother's Choice

Missione Possibile

Nepal Youth Foundation

OceanAsia

OneSky

Operation Smile

PathFinders

Plastic Free Seas

Redress

Ronald McDonald House

Room to Read

Save the Children

Splash Foundation

Sprouts Foundation

The Child Development Centre

The HUB HK

The Zubin Foundation

The Boys’ & Girls Club Association of Hong Kong

Treats

UNICEF

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Redress

www.redress.com.hk

Hong Kong

Redress is an environmental charity with a mission to prevent and transform textile waste to catalyse a circular economy and reduce fashion's water, chemical and carbon footprints. Our programmes work to change mindsets and practices to stop the creation of textile waste now and in the future, as well as creating systems and partnerships that generate and showcase value in existing waste.


All funds raised are going to support Redress' work to cut waste out of fashion.

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Splash Foundation

www.splashfoundation.org/

Hong Kong

Splash Foundation Limited provides free swim lessons to kids from low income families in Hong Kong. We believe there should be no socio-economic barrier in learning how to swim and that everyone should have the opportunity to learn this life skill.


Examples of what your gift can achieve:

  • Sponsor a student in our 12 hour Beginner swim programme: HK$2,000
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Les Oursins

www.les-oursins-delepine.com/

Manila

Founded in 2001, Les Oursins’s missione is to assist in the development and balance of street children in the Philippines who not only suffer hunger and lack of hygiene, but also physical and psychological violence.


Here what your fund-raising can achieve:

  • Provide 1 child school essentials (books, stationary,uniform): HK$50
  • Sponsor a child and allow him/her to go to school for a month: HK$250
  • Provide medical & vaccination assistance for 1 year: HK$500
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GIVING THROUGH KiDS VS. OTHER ORGANISATIONS

You may wonder why individuals should donate their unused clothes to KiDS rather than directly to charity shops (Oxfam, Salvation Army) which sell second-hand clothes too. The reason for this is simple: When individuals give their clothes to charities like Oxfam they are often sold at a very low price, even when they are high-quality, designer items. This is because such charities typically attract a different type of buyer who may not be interested in finding or paying for designer brand name clothing but, rather, is seeking inexpensive, second-hand items.

KiDS is different because it provides an alternative online marketplace that is specifically focused on high-end children’s clothing. The aim of the operation is to maximise the value that can be generated from the sale of unused or unwanted designer children’s garments—effectively matching like-minded sellers with buyers. In this way, KiDS believes it can have an even greater impact—more money can be raised for those less fortunate.

Giving your children’s unwanted clothes to KDS maximises the value you can generate, which means a greater impact for the charities you support.

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