Posted on feb 20, 2012 | 0 comments
Yesterday I took your hand in mine and said hello and I published the first blogpost from Dump Tees. I promised you to tell you more about the brand, the story, background and who we are behind this social business and clothing brand.
About two years ago I started a non profit organisation in Sweden for street kids in latin america. This was a whole new world for me but i knew it was the right thing. I was very unhappy with my work since it wouldn´t aloud me to develop as a person. In this organisation I could let my creativity free and do things i really love doing.

I had to learn a shit load of new stuff, I developed as a person. I learned how to talk to media, how to raise funds, how the world of social media and banks works etc etc. I wasn´t born with rich and important parents that know a lot of important people. I´ve always had a lot of friends but I felt directly that I didn´t have the important network of contacts. The network of enterprising people who are doing their thing and doing it good, entreprenours and directors of organisations.
As they say, few people regret taking the bull by the horns, and I have never. Things was complicated from time to time but everything was solved step by step. You change your playground with the time and one day your in the middle of it, in the middle of a room with 300 entreprenours and capable people, pitching your business idea in a business idea competition. I got new friends, cool followers on twitter, more readers on the blog and more money for the street kids.
The ngo I started (Gatubarn.nu) worked together with artists such as Kan Dee and Block44, organisations like Hagateatern and IOGT NTO and couple of companies who wanted to take a big social responsability in their business and help street kids.
From the start i decided to save up 100.000 swedish crowns and work as a volonteer for one year in latin america with underprivileged kids. 28 of january 2011 i went. And I went to Nicaragua, central americas poorest country. Less than two weeks after I landed in Nicaragua i was brought to La Chureca, a huge garbage dump where about 3.000 people live.
Inside of this garbage dump, an idea of a clothing brand was born, an idea of helping people out of extreme poverty by offering decent work with decent wage. Next time I´ll tell you why.
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Patrik Temperani Appelquist
Founder & CEO – Dump Tees
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