North East students turn t-shirts into goats!
July 9th, 2008 by julie
Enterprising students from Park View Community School in Chester-le-Street have been raising money for developing countries through the sale of t-shirts and babygros. They formed ‘Happy Earth Co’ and put a new twist on the slogan t-shirt. Buyers can show the world that their t-shirt has helped buy a goat for an African community or their tea towel has helped buy a well. They can even dress their new born in an ethical babygro!
The students have taken a simple and popular idea and have turned it into a great business with a conscience by using their enterprising skills.
The idea for the company was developed by students who wanted to provide help for developing countries around the world. The students say ‘We decided to produce something that would appeal to a wide range of people in order to make a larger contribution towards developing countries. The overall aim of this project was to produce something that would sell locally, however provide a vast contribution globally’
Happy Earth Co plan to expand their business from giving goats to helping farmers make honey, providing chickens for eggs and much more. Not satisfied with conquering the North East market, the students plan to use existing connections with charities such as Oxfam and to build new connections to grow the business further.
If you would like to learn more about the business or if you have a school business idea of your own, please get in touch!
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