Cash For Work
It is a system to support the self-reliance of those disaster victims and the recovery of the
disaster areas by creating new jobs for those victims to earn their living. This system has been
adopted in the disaster-recovery phase in many countries, such as in Haiti Earthquake in 2010.
In making a wish in Japan, a person, by tradition, repeats the same series of actions such as in folding 1,000 paper-cranes (Origami works) , or visiting a shrine for 100 times, etc.
The making of Hemp Bracelets and Chokers exactly follow this tradition.
To complete a product, they need to twist and weave the 8 Hemp threads, each 2.2 meters long, and it takes 2 hours to do that. By making each one of them, those afflicted people are praying that they would like to "make things better", "work harder and not to yield to the current misery", "take much better care of their family", as well as praying for Love, Hope, Peace, and Courage, etc.
We believe that by wearing such Hemp Bracelets and Chokers, which contain such prayer full of love and peace, you would be sure to be filled with caring and happy feeling.
The payment made to those who have suffered from the disaster is \800/unit, after deducting the material cost, selling and other expenses from the selling price of the Hemp Bracelet and Choker of \1,850 (per set including tax). We are planning to return \1,400/unit, at the end, to those people out of \1,850/unit including tax, by transferring the 2ndary processing, etc. to the working site.