Nisa: underwear with a mission
By Nisa Clothing Limited
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Nisa: Underwear With A Mission
Project 2017-10-26 16:37:53 +1300
Update: We are so overwhelmed and grateful for the response we have had since launching the Pledge Me on Friday evening. We reached our goal in a weekend! ❤️ We now aim to push past our goal of $10,000 and reach $20,000. The additional income will go towards:
- ongoing product developing, including offering larger sizes
- staff training
- increasing staff wages
We will be posting updates about our progress through our Instagram/Facebook account. In other news, we were on the front page of the Dominion Post! Check out the full article here.
Nisa is an underwear label that aims to help women from the bottom up. Our underwear is lovingly sewn by women from a refugee background in a sunny studio in Wellington, NZ. Our mission is to provide them with meaningful and interesting paid work, while at the same time making kick-ass undies.
Nisa’s founding employees are Boshra, left, from Syria, Fowziya from Somalia and Rana from Iraq
We work with the softest organic cotton knit fabric and locally woven elastics to create a hug for your bottom. We have four different styles of briefs to suit every shape, size and lifestyle. We also offer bralettes in matching colours, for those with comfort in mind.
The Nisa team has three employees from refugee backgrounds and our goal is to employ more. Our employees have sewing skills from their home countries, which we’ve built on by training them to use our specialist lingerie sewing machines.
We believe Kiwis need to do our best to help refugees not just resettle, but thrive in New Zealand. Help us launch our brand and transform lives one derrière at a time.
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Ashleigh wears the grey set (high waisted half cheek brief and bralette), and Newala and Tian are wearing the white set (low waisted, half cheek brief and bralette). Check out our website for our full product range (www.nisa.co.nz)
The limited edition Christmas snowflake pattern shows our full cheek option.
Our team
Elisha Watson quit her full-time job as a lawyer to found Nisa early this year, after spending two years volunteering with the Red Cross as a refugee resettlement volunteer.
Elisha spoke to many refugees who desperately wanted to find work - to become better integrated in their communities and provide for their families - but were held back by language and cultural barriers.
She bonded with many women over their shared love of sewing, and wanted to create a business that would utilise those skills and provide them with their first job in New Zealand.
Nisa’s founding employees are Boshra (from Syria), Rana (from Iraq) and Fowziya (from Somalia). We can’t wait for our team to grow. We also have the lovely Shannon helping with marketing.
Our ask
We are in the pre-launch phase at the moment, and there are a few final costs to meet before we can formally launch our online shop in Jan/Feb. We need two more specialist industrial sewing machines (which cost approximately $4,000 each) to make the best underwear possible, and we need to train our employees to use them safely and sew to the highest standard. We also want to further develop our line of bralettes - we have patterns and test pairs, but we want to ensure we can offer a range of sizes.
Find us
Instagram: www.instagram.com/nisaclothingnz
Facebook: www.facebook.com/nisaclothingnz
Website: nisa.co.nz
Email: [email protected]
Comments
Updates 1
Only 3 days to go
04/12/2017 at 4:22 PM
Hi everyone!
Thanks for pledging to support Nisa: underwear with a mission. Our PledgeMe campaign ends on Thursday, so now's the time to share the page with your friends and family before its too late! We've almost doubled our target, and so now we are reaching for the stars and have ambitious plans to hire a production manager to provide expert training to our employees from refugee backgrounds.
We will send out an email after the campaign ends with specific information on how we will be honouring your pledges, but until then you can check out a recent video that Re: made about us here.
We had a photoshoot of our workshop recently and you can peruse the photos here.
Remember to follow us on instagram / facebook to get more updates as we progress through our underwear journey.
Thanks a million for your support!
Elisha, founder of Nisa
Pledgers 293
22/11/2017 at 11:39am
"Good luck, this is a fantastic project of social Enterprise. Every best wish for success."
22/11/2017 at 6:59am
"Inspiring "
21/11/2017 at 11:37pm
"This is such a beautiful project!! Best of luck to the future xx"
21/11/2017 at 9:04pm
18/11/2017 at 2:57pm
17/11/2017 at 12:44pm
"Hey! I’m part of Companion & Co. - we collaborate with former refugees in Auckland, and are super excited about your start up 🙌🏻"
16/11/2017 at 5:41pm
16/11/2017 at 1:56pm
15/11/2017 at 2:20pm
"Wonderful project Elisha. All the best. love from jan and steve "
15/11/2017 at 9:19am
"Loving the whole idea of empowering these women. "
14/11/2017 at 3:14pm
14/11/2017 at 1:10pm
13/11/2017 at 9:49pm
13/11/2017 at 9:27pm
13/11/2017 at 4:45pm
13/11/2017 at 4:08pm
13/11/2017 at 10:28am
13/11/2017 at 9:29am
12/11/2017 at 10:12pm
"Happy to help and support you in this amazing adventure! "
12/11/2017 at 9:46pm
12/11/2017 at 6:08pm
12/11/2017 at 3:43pm
"This is a great idea"
12/11/2017 at 1:41pm
11/11/2017 at 9:45pm
11/11/2017 at 5:15pm
"If you are close but in danger of not making it text me 027279 2578 what a fabulous idea nothing can stop this "
11/11/2017 at 12:47pm
"Great to read your story in the Hutt News. Very happy to support your good work. Best of luck with your venture. "
10/11/2017 at 9:03pm
"Keep us in the loop with how else we can help this is awesome!! "
10/11/2017 at 12:00pm
09/11/2017 at 11:29pm
09/11/2017 at 11:25pm
Nisa: Underwear With A Mission
Project 2017-10-26 16:37:53 +1300
Update: We are so overwhelmed and grateful for the response we have had since launching the Pledge Me on Friday evening. We reached our goal in a weekend! ❤️ We now aim to push past our goal of $10,000 and reach $20,000. The additional income will go towards:
- ongoing product developing, including offering larger sizes
- staff training
- increasing staff wages
We will be posting updates about our progress through our Instagram/Facebook account. In other news, we were on the front page of the Dominion Post! Check out the full article here.
Nisa is an underwear label that aims to help women from the bottom up. Our underwear is lovingly sewn by women from a refugee background in a sunny studio in Wellington, NZ. Our mission is to provide them with meaningful and interesting paid work, while at the same time making kick-ass undies.
Nisa’s founding employees are Boshra, left, from Syria, Fowziya from Somalia and Rana from Iraq
We work with the softest organic cotton knit fabric and locally woven elastics to create a hug for your bottom. We have four different styles of briefs to suit every shape, size and lifestyle. We also offer bralettes in matching colours, for those with comfort in mind.
The Nisa team has three employees from refugee backgrounds and our goal is to employ more. Our employees have sewing skills from their home countries, which we’ve built on by training them to use our specialist lingerie sewing machines.
We believe Kiwis need to do our best to help refugees not just resettle, but thrive in New Zealand. Help us launch our brand and transform lives one derrière at a time.
|
|
|
|
Ashleigh wears the grey set (high waisted half cheek brief and bralette), and Newala and Tian are wearing the white set (low waisted, half cheek brief and bralette). Check out our website for our full product range (www.nisa.co.nz)
The limited edition Christmas snowflake pattern shows our full cheek option.
Our team
Elisha Watson quit her full-time job as a lawyer to found Nisa early this year, after spending two years volunteering with the Red Cross as a refugee resettlement volunteer.
Elisha spoke to many refugees who desperately wanted to find work - to become better integrated in their communities and provide for their families - but were held back by language and cultural barriers.
She bonded with many women over their shared love of sewing, and wanted to create a business that would utilise those skills and provide them with their first job in New Zealand.
Nisa’s founding employees are Boshra (from Syria), Rana (from Iraq) and Fowziya (from Somalia). We can’t wait for our team to grow. We also have the lovely Shannon helping with marketing.
Our ask
We are in the pre-launch phase at the moment, and there are a few final costs to meet before we can formally launch our online shop in Jan/Feb. We need two more specialist industrial sewing machines (which cost approximately $4,000 each) to make the best underwear possible, and we need to train our employees to use them safely and sew to the highest standard. We also want to further develop our line of bralettes - we have patterns and test pairs, but we want to ensure we can offer a range of sizes.
Find us
Instagram: www.instagram.com/nisaclothingnz
Facebook: www.facebook.com/nisaclothingnz
Website: nisa.co.nz
Email: [email protected]
Comments
Only 3 days to go
04/12/2017 at 4:22 PM
Hi everyone!
Thanks for pledging to support Nisa: underwear with a mission. Our PledgeMe campaign ends on Thursday, so now's the time to share the page with your friends and family before its too late! We've almost doubled our target, and so now we are reaching for the stars and have ambitious plans to hire a production manager to provide expert training to our employees from refugee backgrounds.
We will send out an email after the campaign ends with specific information on how we will be honouring your pledges, but until then you can check out a recent video that Re: made about us here.
We had a photoshoot of our workshop recently and you can peruse the photos here.
Remember to follow us on instagram / facebook to get more updates as we progress through our underwear journey.
Thanks a million for your support!
Elisha, founder of Nisa
22/11/2017 at 11:39am
"Good luck, this is a fantastic project of social Enterprise. Every best wish for success."
22/11/2017 at 6:59am
"Inspiring "
21/11/2017 at 11:37pm
"This is such a beautiful project!! Best of luck to the future xx"
21/11/2017 at 9:04pm
18/11/2017 at 2:57pm
17/11/2017 at 12:44pm
"Hey! I’m part of Companion & Co. - we collaborate with former refugees in Auckland, and are super excited about your start up 🙌🏻"
16/11/2017 at 5:41pm
16/11/2017 at 1:56pm
15/11/2017 at 2:20pm
"Wonderful project Elisha. All the best. love from jan and steve "
15/11/2017 at 9:19am
"Loving the whole idea of empowering these women. "
14/11/2017 at 3:14pm
14/11/2017 at 1:10pm
13/11/2017 at 9:49pm
13/11/2017 at 9:27pm
13/11/2017 at 4:45pm
13/11/2017 at 4:08pm
13/11/2017 at 10:28am
13/11/2017 at 9:29am
12/11/2017 at 10:12pm
"Happy to help and support you in this amazing adventure! "
12/11/2017 at 9:46pm
12/11/2017 at 6:08pm
12/11/2017 at 3:43pm
"This is a great idea"
12/11/2017 at 1:41pm
11/11/2017 at 9:45pm
11/11/2017 at 5:15pm
"If you are close but in danger of not making it text me 027279 2578 what a fabulous idea nothing can stop this "
11/11/2017 at 12:47pm
"Great to read your story in the Hutt News. Very happy to support your good work. Best of luck with your venture. "
10/11/2017 at 9:03pm
"Keep us in the loop with how else we can help this is awesome!! "