Clothes and Shoes Project

This is a fundraising project for DAPP in Zambia to support development activities. The project reaches out to people by providing an alternative for quality and affordable clothes and shoes to the poor, the growing middle class, and marketers who buy the commodities for reselling.

The clothes are donated by thousands of people in Europe who wish to support projects in Africa. The collection and delivery is done with the assistance with the assistance of member organisations from the Federation Humana People to People. The project pays for freight of unsorted 500 kg bales of clothes and bags of shoes.

DAPP in Zambia receives the clothes and shoes, sorts them according to category and quality, and sells them. In this way, DAPP raises funds for the development projects and also provide employment to many Zambians.
DAPP is running 30 retail shops spread across the country and has employed over 140 workers.

A project leader (shop-manager) runs each shop with three to four supporting employees for smaller shops. The mega shops accommodate between eight to twelve employees. The shop-manager in each shop is responsible for achieving their goal for items and pairs sold, income per item and surplus to DAPP projects.

All the shops implement a 4-week cycle system. The shops receive new stock at the beginning of each month. The clothes are categorised according to their quality and fashionability. At the beginning of the month the fashionable clothes are sold at a relatively high price while a lot of good basic clothes are marked down at the end of the cycle to clear the stock and to pave way for new stock.

In 2010, the clothes and shoes project registered tremendous success in terms of the tonnage of clothes and shoes sold owing to the expanded customer base and a relatively conducive economic environment. For 2010 figures for the clothes and shoes click here to download the DAPP annual report for 2010.