Nisa: underwear with a mission
By Nisa Clothing Limited
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NZ $20,045 pledged
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This campaign was successful and closed on 07/12/2017 at 9:00 PM.
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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
04/11/2017 at 11:58am
"Best wishes to the Nisa team! I am looking forward to having another NZ-made undie option - and made by (new) NZers! "
04/11/2017 at 11:45am
04/11/2017 at 11:43am
04/11/2017 at 11:42am
04/11/2017 at 11:32am
04/11/2017 at 11:29am
"Inspiring stuff. Thanks for thinking with soul."
04/11/2017 at 11:25am
"Happy times!"
04/11/2017 at 11:23am
"As a cotton knickers fan - great idea! Looking forward to watching your ongoing development. Good luck! "
04/11/2017 at 10:59am
04/11/2017 at 10:59am
04/11/2017 at 10:55am
04/11/2017 at 10:54am
04/11/2017 at 10:54am
04/11/2017 at 10:53am
04/11/2017 at 10:46am
04/11/2017 at 10:43am
"So impressed by this initiative! Social enterprise for the win. Looking forward to hearing more soon x"
04/11/2017 at 10:41am
04/11/2017 at 10:25am
04/11/2017 at 10:22am
"Love this concept of support refugees to settle down here, and lovely products+lovely people! best wishes xx , Tian :) "
04/11/2017 at 10:21am
04/11/2017 at 10:18am
"What a great idea. Best of luck. "
04/11/2017 at 10:15am
"Great cause and concept!! Good luck"
04/11/2017 at 10:08am
04/11/2017 at 10:07am
04/11/2017 at 10:06am
"What a wonderful initiative! Looking forward to seeing Nisa flourish."
04/11/2017 at 10:04am
"This is such an awesome initiative and I agree women love cotton basic undies! "
04/11/2017 at 9:59am
"Great incentive and quality NZ made undies - fantastic!"
04/11/2017 at 9:55am
04/11/2017 at 9:55am
"Fantastic initiative"
04/11/2017 at 9:52am
"Amazing work Elisha and team - can't wait for my new knickers (organic cotton is a dream!!!)"
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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.
|
|
|
|
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
04/11/2017 at 11:58am
"Best wishes to the Nisa team! I am looking forward to having another NZ-made undie option - and made by (new) NZers! "
04/11/2017 at 11:45am
04/11/2017 at 11:43am
04/11/2017 at 11:42am
04/11/2017 at 11:32am
04/11/2017 at 11:29am
"Inspiring stuff. Thanks for thinking with soul."
04/11/2017 at 11:25am
"Happy times!"
04/11/2017 at 11:23am
"As a cotton knickers fan - great idea! Looking forward to watching your ongoing development. Good luck! "
04/11/2017 at 10:59am
04/11/2017 at 10:59am
04/11/2017 at 10:55am
04/11/2017 at 10:54am
04/11/2017 at 10:54am
04/11/2017 at 10:53am
04/11/2017 at 10:46am
04/11/2017 at 10:43am
"So impressed by this initiative! Social enterprise for the win. Looking forward to hearing more soon x"
04/11/2017 at 10:41am
04/11/2017 at 10:25am
04/11/2017 at 10:22am
"Love this concept of support refugees to settle down here, and lovely products+lovely people! best wishes xx , Tian :) "
04/11/2017 at 10:21am
04/11/2017 at 10:18am
"What a great idea. Best of luck. "
04/11/2017 at 10:15am
"Great cause and concept!! Good luck"
04/11/2017 at 10:08am
04/11/2017 at 10:07am
04/11/2017 at 10:06am
"What a wonderful initiative! Looking forward to seeing Nisa flourish."
04/11/2017 at 10:04am
"This is such an awesome initiative and I agree women love cotton basic undies! "
04/11/2017 at 9:59am
"Great incentive and quality NZ made undies - fantastic!"
04/11/2017 at 9:55am
04/11/2017 at 9:55am
"Fantastic initiative"
04/11/2017 at 9:52am
"Amazing work Elisha and team - can't wait for my new knickers (organic cotton is a dream!!!)"