Solid, Celine Drijkoningen Nurturing the spirit Just when the pandemic hit Peru, the girls of the residential care center in Ayacucho, were looking forward to moving to their new building, a bigger house next door, with a big garden. In the old bui... 19 May 2022
Solid, Celine Drijkoningen The story of Rosa Rosa* It was a long journey, but today Rosa lives with her parents again, together with her daughter Mariana*. ‘I was fourteen and lived at home. The situation was far from ideal. My dad was often dru... Teenage mothers 19 May 2022
Solid, Celine Drijkoningen Meet the volunteer Theresa My name is Theresa. As an international master student (Global studies) at Gent University I am learning a lot about how to deconstruct global hierarchies. But looking at this only from a theoretical ... 18 May 2022 Volunteers
Solid, Celine Drijkoningen Meet the volunteer Joëlle From healthy food to creative pen "On a sunny autumn day, we had the opportunity to meet the sympathetic Joëlle. We met in the centre of Ghent and started a lovely walk and our first acquaintance. Wit... 18 May 2022 Volunteers
Solid, Celine Drijkoningen Meet the volunteer Claire In 2019 we got a message from the UK, from Claire, asking if she, as a data-analist, could be of any help. After some travels to India, she fell in love with it’s culture, and wanted to do some volunt... 18 May 2022 Volunteers
Solid, Celine Drijkoningen Meet the volunteer - Eva Meet the volunteer - Eva Koschmann Hi, My name is Eva Koschmann and I am a second year student International Development Management. As part of my study program, I did a 10 week internship at Solid, a... 18 May 2022 Volunteers
Solid, Wim Depickere Fashion Revolution Week On the 24th of April the fashion world commemorates en enormous tragedy that happened 9 years ago. In April 2013 a few garment workers in the Rana Plaza factory (Bangladesh) noticed some cracks in the... 21 Apr 2022 Crafts news
Solid, Marijke Jans Who made your clothes ? Aurora did ! Ask us who made your clothes.. please! We will give you names and stories about their families, we’ll show you safe work conditions and fair wages.We would like to show you things can be different. Yo... 1 Feb 2022 Crafts news
Solid, Marijke Jans Meet the crew: Fernando We proudly present you Fernando. Fernand is the export manager of our Peruvian workshop Manta. He is an expert in communicating and organising all the shipment logistics travelling from the Peruvian A... Meet the team 1 Feb 2022 Crafts news
Solid, Marijke Jans Martha, the general manager of our knitting workshop in Ayacucho, Peru. A look behind the scenes at Solid. We proudly present you: Martha, the general manager of our knitting workshop in Ayacucho, Peru. Hola, Martha, can you tell us something about your background and edu... Meet the team 1 Feb 2022
Solid, Marijke Jans Solid Crafts : Fashion Revolution S OLID CRAFTS : FASHION REVOLUTION Almost 15 years ago, Lyn Verelst, daughter of Solid’s founder, travelled to South America and ended up in the region of Ayacucho in Peru. Homeland of the alpacas, sp... 1 Feb 2022 Crafts news
