MADI Donations is the 501c3 non-profit subsidiary of MADI Apparel, LLC. MADI Apparel (for-profit parent company) donates a pair of underwear to a woman in need for every item sold. In May of 2018, MADI Donations launched MADI Makes, a seamstress job-training program for at-risk women in Kansas City. The MADI Makes program will help empower individuals to break cycles of chronic homelessness + unemployment and create pathways to self-sufficiency through a learned vocational skill. The goal of the program is to help at-risk women with employment barriers attain and sustain jobs and build a better life. Working in partnership with Hope Faith Ministries, the program will teach women to sew the donations pairs of underwear on commercial machines. Once apprentices successfully graduate from the program, MADI Apparel (our for-profit company) will hire the women to sew on a contract basis. Not only will apprentices learn commercial sewing skills, but also basic work skills, workplace interaction skills and other skills needed to build confidence and pave the way toward fulfilling employment in the community and the growing garment industry.