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Danielle Chiel - Founder of KOCO – Knit One (garment) Change One (life).

Episode Summary

In this episode, we speak with our guest and iconic woman Danielle Chiel, the founder of KOCO – which stands for Knit one, Change One. KOCO was established in Australia in partnership with women who live in rural villages of Tamil Nadu southern India. What began as a solution to producing hand knitted garments offshore is now a sisterhood of artisans and a business with the United Nations’ Global Goals for Sustainable Development entwined in its DNA.

Episode Notes

Iconic Woman Danielle Chiel joins us on this episode to talk about KOCO (Knit one, Change One) a business established in Australia in partnership with women who live in rural villages of Tamil Nadu southern India.

But KOCO is more than a manufacturing hub. KOCO employs a lady, trains her in the art and science of handknitting as well as reading English and mathematics.

What began as a solution to producing handknitted garments offshore is now a sisterhood of artisans and a business with the United Nations’ Global Goals for Sustainable Development entwined in its DNA.

To know more about KOCO, you can visit the website here

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