This crowdfunding campaign is raising the mandatory funds to construct a cultural business in Germany & Guatemala by selling its unique, high-quality jackets with the goal of supporting the indigenous Mayan communities in Guatemala through job creation and social projects. A team of 20+ passionate professionals from 7 countries has worked for higher than a year, as well as their main jobs and without salaries, to create the building blocks of a premium brand and develop a superb product that is competitive on the global market. Now we're starting the sale of our KINAM jackets for initially to be able to organically scale KINAM becoming a globally known social brand in the coming years.
Inspite of the invaluable cultural treasures of days gone by, nearly all Mayan descendants in Guatemala has to live of only a few dollars per day. It's been the explanation for many Mayan descendants to flee the country within the often mentioned refugee “caravan†moving from Central America to the Southern border of the United States.
KINAM wants to create the beauty of the Mayan culture to the world. Our enterprize model can help the Mayans regain control of their destiny by giving indigenous tribes opportunities for a better future, through small-business ownership and education programs.
We wish our jackets to be always a symbol for conscious consumption and sustainable production, a confident option to today's fast-fashion trends. KINAM wants to serve as a function model for future social impact organizations by sharing best practices and training young entrepreneurs. Thereby, we hope to start up an exponential improvement process, not just for the Mayas but also for the fashion industry as a whole.
Overview
KINAM is a Berlin-based social startup producing unique jackets made up of hand-woven garments made by indigenous Maya-descendant artisans from Guatemala
Production of electronic music with producers from Sweden, Germany & Guatemala telling the stories of ancient Mayan-legends to immerse customers in to the Mayan worlds
10% of net revenues will soon be invested in social projects supporting Mayan communities in Guatemala to greatly help fight the current refugee crisis (“the caravanâ€) and to conserve Unique Premium Jackets for Conscious Consumers the Mayan Unique Premium Jackets for Conscious Consumers culture (link to your social projects)
KINAM is wholly funded/ bootstrapped by its co-founders, which means total freedom in the selection & development of social projects
KINAM has an international team of 20+ experts working without salaries before success of crowdfunding campaign
Hand-woven Mayan textiles are augmented by premium jacket components in Europe
Direct-to-consumer model (no retail stores) - savings are dedicated to premium components
We offer an on the web tool that determines users'individual Mayan guardian spirit (the "nawal") within the sacred Tzolkin calendar, on the basis of the birth date
A patch with the customer's Mayan guardian spirit ("nawal") is integrated into every Unique Premium Jackets for Conscious Consumers customer's jacket to personalize the product (no charge in the event of a product return - personalization could be removed/ changed)