Monday, 16 May 2016

The Truth About Clothing Donation PA

By Christopher Cooper


Developed countries always have a criterion of helping the poor in their society, in this case, they donate various items including household goods and clothing which is later given to the less fortunate. There are various firms that collect these items which are donated and shipped to developing countries. Other clothing donation PA are given to people who live in suburbs of the major capital cities of different places of the developed countries.

People who are the leaders of different donation agencies are driven by the love of money; as the adage goes love of money is the source of all evil they make strategies of selling these clothes to third world countries. Africa attracts many investors and sellers who bring less expensive items with the market targeting a high-profit margin. The demand of low-cost items is high since many people have a low-income level.

When these cloths land in Africa they are later sold at a higher price from which they are shipped with though affordable to the man on the street. The cloths sell like hot cakes since everyone likes to have a portion of the cheap clothes which they acquire in markets called bend-over markets. These are the kind of markets where the donated garments are casted on the ground and people select when they bend to pick the desired item.

The business brings a lot of demerits as compared to the merits to these developed countries though income tax is collected by the revenue authorities. Workers who earn a living by working in the textile industries end up having no jobs and the small scale producers market is lost since the market is flooded by cheap imported clothes. The economy is greatly affected by these market forces hence leading to its decline.

Africa being a continent blessed with natural resources and rich flora and fauna which help the continent to have a good flow of foreign currency. There are major commodities which are exported like coffee, tea and so on though there are also minor commodities which scales the economy rate at a higher level, the items include locally made clothes which are beautifully designed and attracts everyones eyes. They include the Maasai-Shukas which normally are popular in Kenya, this patrol community has the pride of their clothes.

Workers who are directly employed by the textile industries either directly or indirectly end up having no job since the market for the local clothes is diminishing at a very fast rate. When the loss is incurred they end up being beggars and robbers. They become a security threat to the country since many cases occur of people getting robbed.

Charitable firms which like The Salvation Army put it in black and white that the clothes are sold to bring forth more income for good causes. The cash helps in transportation and paying workers who are involved in the process at large. This makes the firms have a stable income flow hence the rate of collapsing is low.

Developing countries should come up with means to curb flooding of donated clothes. This includes reducing taxation of local garments and increasing the taxation rate of imported clothes. When this is done the countries economy will scale to greater heights.




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