{"id":167902,"date":"2020-10-07T06:59:31","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T04:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=94731"},"modified":"2020-10-07T06:59:31","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T04:59:31","slug":"social-enterprise-thankyou-launches-bold-initiative-to-help-end-extreme-poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/social-enterprise-thankyou-launches-bold-initiative-to-help-end-extreme-poverty\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Enterprise Thankyou Launches Bold Initiative to Help End Extreme Poverty"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thankyou co-founder, Daniel Flynn Photo: Supplied by Thankyou<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This month, Australia-based social enterprise Thankyou announced an invitation to P&G and Unilever \u2013 two of the world\u2019s largest and most influential consumer goods companies \u2013 to make and distribute Thankyou products globally to help end extreme poverty. To convince these companies to take this bold move, Thankyou is asking people around the world to get involved and show the collective power of the many who believe in this change, through its campaign aptly named \u201cNo Small Plan.\u201d Thankyou offers consumer products \u2013 personal care and baby product ranges \u2013 for the sole purpose of funding life-changing projects.<\/p>\n

Thankyou was created to close the gap between the 736 million people* living in extreme poverty around the world and the $63 trillion spent on consumer products each year**. After all the costs involved in getting great products to consumers are taken care of, every last cent that Thankyou makes goes toward ending extreme poverty. With this model, Thankyou seeks to flip consumerism\u2026for good.<\/p>\n

\u2018With $63 trillion spent on consumer goods each year while 736 million people are stuck in extreme poverty, we believe that business as usual is broken,\u201d said Daniel Flynn, who founded Thankyou in 2008 along with Justine Flynn and Jarryd Burns. \u201cBut we also believe that we, together with people and a partnership with one of the two biggest companies in the world, can change this by funneling the dollars spent on consumer goods into helping end extreme poverty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Currently, Thankyou only sells its products in two of the world\u2019s smallest countries \u2013 Australia and New Zealand \u2013 but with COVID-19 increasing both global poverty numbers and demand for personal care products such as hand sanitiser, the company feels that now is the time to expand, and quickly. If either P&G or Unilever choose to accept Thankyou\u2019s invitation, together they could change the course of history and route millions of consumer dollars to ending extreme poverty.<\/p>\n

For P&G and Unilever to say \u201cI\u2019m in\u201d and work with Thankyou to flip the system, they need to see the collective impact of voices around the world rallying around one movement in the name of ending extreme poverty. To join Thankyou and show support, people can utilize their social media channels and follow these steps:<\/p>\n