Unique Premium Jackets for Conscious Consumers



This crowdfunding campaign is raising the mandatory funds to create 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 greater than a year, along with their main jobs and without salaries, to construct the inspiration of a premium brand and develop a highly skilled product that is competitive on the global market. Now we're starting the sale of our KINAM jackets for initially in order to organically scale KINAM to become globally known social brand in the coming years.

Despite the invaluable cultural treasures of days gone by, nearly all Mayan descendants in Guatemala has to reside of only a few dollars per day. This has been the cause of many Mayan descendants to flee the united states included in the often mentioned refugee “caravan” moving from Central America to the Southern border of the United States.

KINAM wants to bring the sweetness of the Mayan culture to the world. Our business design will Unique Premium Jackets for Conscious Consumers help the Mayans regain control of these destiny by providing 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, an optimistic alternative 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, hopefully to start an exponential improvement process, not merely for the Mayas however for the fashion industry as a whole.



Overview

KINAM is a Berlin-based social startup producing unique jackets consists of hand-woven garments produced 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 to the Mayan worlds
10% of net revenues is going to be invested in social projects supporting Mayan communities in Guatemala to greatly help fight the present refugee crisis (“the caravan”) and to store the Mayan culture (link to the social projects)
KINAM is completely funded/ bootstrapped by its co-founders, meaning total freedom in the selection & development of social projects
KINAM has a worldwide team of 20+ experts working without salaries until the 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 committed to premium components
We offer an online tool that determines users'individual Mayan guardian spirit (the Unique Premium Jackets for Conscious Consumers "nawal") within the sacred Tzolkin calendar, on the basis of the birth date
A patch with the customer's Mayan guardian spirit ("nawal") is incorporated into every customer's jacket to Unique Premium Jackets for Conscious Consumers personalize the product (no charge in case there is a product return - personalization may be removed/ changed)

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