We believe in the power of stories to change minds. Through telling the stories of those who need to be heard but often aren't, we believe that real social change can happen.
Humanitee brings together powerful storytelling with some dope looking T-shirts to bring important stories into the conversation. We believe that by wearing a story on your sleeve, you can start meaningful conversations about issues that really matter (and look great while doing it).
What is Humanitee?
Humanitee is a social enterprise that works with young people from marginalised communities to co-design T-shirts that tell powerful stories, to create important conversations about real issues that matter.
In partnership with Australia Refugee Association (ARA), we ran two storytelling and design workshops with eight young refugees and asylum seekers settling into the Adelaide community. Our first line of tees have been developed from these workshops, and each design relates to either the artists’ unique experiences or something they value.
Each Tee has its own story
Learn the story behind the tees here.
Each tee is comes with a story guide that details the artist's story, as well as a conversation guide on how to have productive, balanced dialogue on the issue you're wearing on your sleeve.
Half the profits from every purchase will go to towards the Australian Refugee Association (ARA)’s youth art programs, with the other half going towards setting up more workshops to allow more young people to get more of their important stories out there into the world.
Who are we?
Humanitee was started by 2 young Australians from migrant/refugee backgrounds, Akash Patel and Caleb Maru. Both of us grew up in Alice Springs, and have always been passionate about working on projects that make real, positive
impact within communities.
Eventually we both ended up in Adelaide, working on social enterprises and education projects while studying, and met through a shared passion for solving big problems that matter to communities we care about.
We both have experience working with young people in the areas of education, sport and mental health, and after we came together to organise a fundraising house party for Oxfam’s OXJAM initiative in 2017, we couldn’t wait to collaborate again on something just as impactful and straight out fun.
That’s where Humanitee comes in - an initiative that works with young people to tell powerful stories about issues that really matter to their communities and to us, through making Tees that we’re mad keen to wear.
We hope you’re just as keen to rock these stories on your sleeve. We can’t wait to create a community of wearers that are as passionate about
these issues as we are.
Peace
Akash and Caleb
Our vision
We want to create T-shirts that put stories front and centre. By co-designing these shirts with members of marginalised communities, we can create scalable programs that have an impact within the community, and continue to do so outside it, through the Tees that are produced. It's our hope that these workshops will expand to more places and communities around Australia, so that we can spread more important stories that aren't heard enough around the country.
Humanitee aims to grow a community of changemakers, go-getters and people who care about issues happening in the world around them, and make it easy to wear great clothing that lets you sport what you believe in on your sleeve.
Our Partners:
Australian Refugee Association (ARA)
https://www.australianrefugee.org/
Who is wearing us?
Where you come in!
We need your help to get Humanitee going!
We're asking for donations towards our campaign which can bring you some pretty dope rewards (see below) and is the best way to get your hands on one of our story inspired Tees.
We also want Humanitee to be a community of like-minded people; so share us on your fb/insta to spread the word!
Rewards - you deserve it
- Tees! Check out the stories for each one of our 4 tees here.
Grab some sweet deals on multiple tees in our rewards section, or if you want to bulk buy >15 tees at once send us an email and let's chat.
- Launch Party! We're having launch parties in Adelaide (12th Dec) and Melbourne (14th Dec) to celebrate with the Humanitee community. Follow our Fb page for more info soon to come, and come down and have a boogie with us in December!
- Want something customised? Flick us a message via facebook, insta or our email.
- Coffee with Humanitee: let's hang out - catch up for coffee with one of us in Melbourne or Adelaide to get the lowdown on the Humanitee story and find out about what's coming next.
- Corporate rewards: Interested in buying tees for your whole team? Keen to have us present to your organisation about our story and what's coming next? Get in touch via email.
Join Us!
Join our community by buying a Tee, donating to a great cause and learning the story behind your Tee to share it with the world.
Connect with our community through our Facebook and Instagram.
We believe that powerful stories can change minds. Come help us to tell powerful stories that need to be heard, and look damn good while you do it.