Juliet is the founder of Kimuli Collections, a sustainable fashion brand that collects plastic waste and transforms it into wearable garments. Through the brand, she has collected over 50 tonnes of plastic waste, upcycling 80% of it to create more than 2,000 garments and accessories.
Through the One Young World Action Accelerator programme, Juliet came up with the idea to manufacture conference products such as lanyards and bags. Kimuli Collections is also launching a new initiative to purchase banana fibers from farmers to produce single-use pads and manufacture reusable fabric pads.
Juliet has provided vocational training and employment to youth and people with disabilities, training over 120 youth and 198 people with disabilities who collect, sort, or sew waste to make garments. Of these, 15 vocational training participants have been chosen as full time tailors, with part time tailors, waste collectors, and waste sorters contributing a cumulative 263,900 hours of employment. In turn, this allows them to access stable incomes. The project has also provided recycling education to 5,000 children in school.
Juliet has provided over 120 youth and 98 people with disabilities with vocational training. Of these, Kimuli Collections has employed 55 people, 15 of whom are vocational training participants who have been chosen as full-time tailors. The others are employed as part-time tailors, waste collectors, and waste sorters, contributing a cumulative 263,900 hours of employment. In turn, this allows them to access stable incomes. Additionally, this project has also provided recycling education to 5,000 children in school.
