Made the Movie - Trade Not Aid

Ethical accesories brand- An insight into Made and its production facility in Nairobi, Kenya

Tin Roof Productions presents

Made

BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE

From Adversity...

Comes Beauty

Jane Shepherdson (CEO Whistles): "Made for me is all about great world design jewelry

and secondly, its an ethical brand, it's sustainable

and so therefore there's a feel-good factor for buying it."

The powerful concept behind "Made" is the brainchild of Christina Cisilino.

Having spent many years in the world of fashion,

Christina's love of Africa and her belief in "trade not aid"

let her to create an accessories brand with a conscience.

The majority of Made's employees live in Kibera,

Nairobi's largest slump and home to as many as 1,2 million people.

Paul Asunga (Workshop Director): "Made is really trying to uplift us from the slumps

up to areas like now we are, we are no longer walking in slumps

we are now being nested."

Following the principles of fair trade

we train local artisans in new skills

providing fair wages and support at every level.

Mercy Simalio (Artisan): "'Made' has helped me in many ways.

Right now, at home I can support the family,

I can pay school fees for my brothers,

I can help the neighbors who can't work.

Sometimes we have some piece of work here

and we're going to give them so they can get a living."

Via this "trade not aid" ethos we believe

we can help brake the cycle of poverty

and then empower the people to create our products.

Wilfried Kamau (Artisan): "My life has greatly changed.

I used to dream of arts. And everything that is made here is

out of arts. And I feel they are gorgeous, they are beautiful.

And out of that, I feel it's like my life has really moved out of

when I was still out of "Made" I was really looking

for somewhere life where will be controlled more

my arts and when I was given a chance here to make that finally I was

like exactly this is heaven for me here working at "Made"."

Isabel Wambui (General Manager)

"Made is a certified ethical company

more to that we ensure that our employees

receive fair wage which is way above the minimum required

we also ensure that they have free bank accounts

and give them good reference to the bank so that

they can access the loan facility.

We also have additional benefits to our employees

we have social security fund, and also the health insurance fund."

Vicky Sarge (founder of Erickson Beamon)

"Right after meeting with Christina and really learning all

about the company and really realizing that "Made" actually

supports a whole community of people, I found

that very exciting to work with because I think that

is the way of the future, as to provide people with jobs

where there aren't any."

All Made products are designed by influential designers from across the globe,

then sourced from sustainable raw material and created within the "Made" workshop in Nairobi.

Pippa Small (designer)

"When I come to Nairobi I work with everyone in the workshop.

Mostly people in the workshop are from Kibera, I work with

Arman on the metal work, Sami has also helped me developed some new designs.

So various people in the workshop who are then

specializing in different areas, whether it's making chain or beading or dissecting the glass or drilling.

I'm actually working with most people in different areas.

... we worked on how they chain so it was about teaching them how to do chain work,

then we did ... I brought a lot of samples of own jewelry, so they can see different techniques, different way of stretching things

different ways of hanging things, so yeah, those are bids of training that goes on.

Charlie Miller (Executive Fashion and Beauty Director)

"Made first and foremost is about beautifully designed jewelry, very unique pieces,

and then of course when you dial deeper, it's about jewelry with a conscience."

Jane Shepherdson (CEO Whistles)

"I think she has really made quite a difference in this arena, she has shown that ethical can be very fashionable,

can be very directional as well as helping people and being very sustainable."

Made produces beautiful, high-quality accessories. Walk down any high street and you'll see our jewelry.

From Top Shop to Erickson Beamon, from JigSaw to John Lewis.

"Made is about the combination of great design, a huge amount of passion, and I think the ability to

change people's lives."

"To sum up, what Made means to me is, the future."

Christina Cisilino (founder of Made)

"It is "Made" mission to make stunningly beautiful fashion accessories created by influential designers.

And in the same process when power artisans from developing communities in Africa,

to be a sustainable business, following the principle of fair trade, we truly believe that

trade is the key to eradicate poverty in Africa."

Directed, filmed and edited by Clem Malpas

Producer

Gerson Barnett

Sound, Music and Voiceover by Richard Stubbs

MADE

BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE

Tin Roof Production presents

Made

By the people for the search

from adversity

Comes Beauty

Made for me is all about

great world design jewerly

its an ethical brand its susta

so therefore there is a feel good factor for buying it

The powerful concept behind Made is that

is the brain child of Christina Cicilina.

Having spent many years in the world of fashion, Christina's love of Africa and her belief in trade

not aid, let her to create an accessory brand with a conscious.

The majority of Made's employees live in Cambria and Eurobies largest slope and home to as many as 1.2 million people.

Made is really trying to uplift us from the slums, up to areas like now we are.

We are no longer working in slums, we have now been invested.

Following the principles of fair trade, we trade local artisans the new skills,

providing fair wages and support at every level

Made has helped me in many ways.

Right now at home

I can support the family

I can pay school for my brothers,

I can help neighbors who can't work

Sometimes we have some piece of work here that

we can give to them to make a living.

Via this trade not aid ethos, we believe

we can help break this cycle of poverty.

and power the people to create our products.

My life has regretly changed.

I used to dream of art, and everything that is made here

is out of art, and I feel that they are gorgeous

they are beautiful, and out of that I feel that my life has

really moved forward.

When I was still out of Made I was really looking for somewhere where my life would be controlled more of by art

and I was given a chance here to make that, I found it was exactly like safe haven for me

here, working at Made.

Made is a satisfying ethical company, more than that, we ensure that our employees ensure fair wage which is above

the minimum required. We also ensure that

they have bank accounts and give them good references

the bank so that they can access the loan facility

Obviously we have additional benefits to our employees.

We have the social security fund

and also the health insurance fund

Well after meeting with Christina and really learning all about the company and really

realizing that Made actually supports the community of people

I found that very exciting to work with because

I think that is the way of the future

is to provide people with jobs where there aren't any

All Made products are designed by influential

designers from across the globe

Ben starts from sustainable raw materials and created

in Made workshop in Nairobi.

When I come to Nairobi I work with everyone in the workshop, mostly people in the workshop

are from Kebaria, and I work with a man on the metal work

San, he also is helping me develop some new designs

So various people in the workshop who are doing, who are specializing in various areas

whether it is making a chain or beading or

settling the glass or drilling

Actually I work with many people in different areas

Mikhail and I, we did hand made chain, so it was about teaching him how to do chain work

we did libbeting, because I bring a lot of samples of my own jewelry so they can see

different techniques, different ways of inserting things, different way of hanging things

so.. yeah, there is a bit of training involved.

I think Made is first and foremost is about

beautifully designed jewelry

very unique pieces and of course when you dig deeper it's about jewelry with a conscious

I think she has really made quite a difference in this arena

I think she has shown that ethical can be very fashionable

can be very directional as well as helping people and being very sustainable.

Made produces beautiful, high quality accessories.

Walk down any main streets and you will see our jewelry

From Top Shop to Erikson Beam

from Jigsaw to Johnny Lewis

Made is about a combination of great design

a huge amount of passion and ..

I think the ability to change people's lives

To sum up what Made means to me is

the future !

It is Made's mission to make stunningly beautiful accessories created by influential designers and in the same

process to empower artisans in developing communities in Africa to be a sustainable

business, following the principles of fair trade.

We truly believe that fair trade

is the key to eradicate poverty in Africa

Directed, filmed and edited by Clem Malpas

Producer Gersan Barnett

Sound, Music and Voiceover by Richard Stubbs

Made - BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE