Paris Jackson and her friend Goody Grace are taking part in a charitable art auction. Their donated their talent to Art for Education, the inaugural fundraiser to benefit the Chema Vision Children's Center in Nairobi, Kenya. The sale features 24 original celebrity designs on eco-friendly handbags supplied by Ministry Of Tomorrow with all proceeds to be donated to Chema to help fund the school's operating budget.
Each one-of-a-kind bag features a unique hand-painted design created by some of Hollywood's biggest names. This will be on display at Christie’s in Rockefeller Center in New York (started June 1st) until June 16.
The project “Art for Education” is a partnership with Rodney Burns and David Malvaney of Church Boutique (the shop on Melrose Avenue), as well as online charity auction platform Charitybuzz. All proceeds helping to fund the school. The goal is to raise $100,000.
A bid of $250 has already been done on Paris's tot. The next minimum bid is $275.
The auction ends on June16 at 04:36 pm EDT.
The entire bag is lined with Military Grade High Performance Copper Nickel Conductive Shielding Fabric designed to protect your belongings and your body from harmful EMF radiation. The bag features a Shungite charm with 7 Shungite beads (representing the 7 chakras) finished with an Ethiopian cross.
“The Chema Vision Children’s Center is located near our production facility in Nairobi,” said Ministry of Tomorrow founder Julian Prolman in an exclusive statement.
The creator produces handmade luxury vegan bags and accessories. “We heard about the Kenyan government shutting down schools that were not up to code and learned that Chema was not able to gather the funds to upgrade their structure and as a result Chema had to close, leaving 155 children without a school that also provided a daily meal to some of Kibera’s most vulnerable children, many who are orphans and children of single mothers without the ability to pay for school fees.”
Madonna made “a generous donation” early on that enabled the school to move to a new facility, but the next challenge is funding its annual budget, he continued. Word got out and the “response was immediate.”
“What we are doing is using fashion as a vehicle for social and environmental activism,” added Prolman. “This is a movement that joins luxury and virtue. It’s about quality craftsmanship combined with care for nature, animals, the people who make the products and everyone along the supply chain that had a hand in producing the materials that go into our bags. Our production facility in Nairobi was established to provide fair wage job opportunities for tailors that come from Kibera, [the largest slum in Nairobi]. For us, this is more than fashion. This is about caring for life on Earth.”
Chema Vision Children's Center
Chema is a school for children two to fourteen years old and is situated in the midst of Kibera, Africa’s largest urban slum. Chema was established to provide quality education for some of Kibera's most vulnerable children.
The majority of students are orphans or children of single parents without income to pay for school fees. In 2019, Chema faced an enormous setback when The Kenyan Ministry of Education ordered all learning institutions, not in compliance with the government's safety guidelines to be shut, forcing the school to close their doors to more than 150 underprivileged children with no alternative. With help from its neighbor, MOT and with an initial fundraiser, Chema was able to establish a new safe and secure location.
Thirty-eight children have returned to school however there are 120 additional children waiting to return to class as Chema currently does not have adequate funds to cover its full 2021 operational overhead for all the children.
Ministry of Tomorrow - Made with Love and Respect for Life on Earth
Their products are produced with respect for the earth and humankind. Their company closely examines the supply chain at each step of production. They look for elegant alternative materials that exhibit the similar desirable qualities that leather offers but the difference is their materials are always cruelty free – no animals suffered to make their bags.
They have a stringent selection process that has to check a list of criteria including; aesthetics, functionality, cruelty free, good for the environment and wildlife, fairly traded and social benefits.
They define luxury through a new expression of imaginative design that is elegant and at the same time distinctive and functional. Their fashion statement is: “Awe-inspiring works of art.” Their bags are handcrafted by skilled tailors who are proudly devoted to producing exceptional quality bags.
Their flagship factory is based in Nairobi, Kenya just outside of Kibera. This MOT-built facility sponsors skilled tailors who are recruited from within Kibera to make designer bags, creating sustainable livelihoods for their employees.
Their tailors are able to work in a safe, comfortable, and clean environment. They pay 3 times the Nairobi minimum wage as well as allows their employees to earn a bonus on excellent bag work in addition to participating in profit sharing from bags sold.
The purchase of MOT products enables sustainable development by providing income generating opportunities for people in marginalized places of the world.
Sources: viralnigeria, ministryoftomorrow
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