CEMELI
CEMELI A fashion company with a social mission ©MariaBartzokaNikolBartzoka About Based in New York City, Cemeli is an ethical fashion boutique featuring select items crafted by women designers and artisans from around the globe. Cemeli gives back an amount of sales to education initiatives to help integrate displaced youth into society and build confidence in their futures through education. The idea for Cemeli was conceived after a trip to Greece in 2016. After witnessing the devastating effects of the refugee crisis and the socioeconomic plight of the country, the founder started the first education campaign. In early 2017 the fruition of the Cemeli brand had begun. At the core of the brand are empowerment of female owned businesses and supporting displaced youth through education. By expanding emerging designers towards the global stage and returning profits back to local economies Cemeli aims to support and inspire women and youth for success. CEMELI CEMELI Core Values BE AUTHENTIC Empowering emerging women designers in the fashion industry BE COMPASSIONATE Standing up for refugee youth and their rights to a better future BE CONSCIOUS Driving education initiatives for underprivileged youth BE STRONG Promoting talent and boldness seen in female owned small businesses CEMELI Mission The Cemeli social mission is to inspire success by empowering women owned businesses and support education initiatives for displaced youth. The mission is fulfilled by collaborating with small businesses in emerging economies that meet Cemeli quality standards. The education initiatives are funded through specific campaigns. CEMELI Campaigns Each campaign is focused on supporting refugee youth through specific goals relating to product sales of a unique Cemeli product that contributes to the education initiative. CEMELI 1st Campaign Product: The Daily Success Mantras notebook #OneforOne. Initiative: School supplies for refugees at Carytas Athens Cemeli created a notebook, with inspirational mantras for success. The goal of the initiative was to donate school notebooks to a refugee shelter for the 20172018 school year with the proceeds. Cemeli sourced the school supplies from a local factory. In addition, Cemeli performed extensive research to identify a non-profit that would best fulfill the campaign goals in a transparent way. Above: In July 2017 Founder Christina Mahjouri delivers notebooks to refugee shelter of Carytas Athens. Below: September 2017 students living at Carytas Athens shelter receive notebooks and other schools supplies in time for school year. CEMELI 2nd Campaign Product: Cemeli Motivation Bracelet Initiative: Scholarships the American College of Greece Quotes from the "Daily Success Mantras Notebook" were used to create bracelets with motivational quotes. The product development was a collaboration of the Cemeli team with IMISI - a women owned business based in Greece. This ongoing campaign supports Education Unites: From Camp to Campus. This program provides scholarships to young displaced youth between the ages of 16-22 the opportunity to prepare for college level classes in the English language. Each bracelet sold supports the scholarship initiative. CEMELI 3rd Campaign Product: Cemeli Motivation Bracelet. Initiative: Strengthening Education on Remote Greek Islands Emphasis on ameliorating and facilitating education practices on the remote island of Kastellorizo, via directly supporting the substantial activities on the region by Chatzigakis Foundation, based in Athens, Greece. The campaign supported donation efforts for the elementary school at the tiny, remote island of Kastellorizo, Greece. An island of great beauty and history Kastellorizo is the tipping point of Greece and Europe before one enters to the Middle East. CEMELI Our Commitments Cemeli stands firm by its commitments to only feature brands that abide by important parameters. HANDCRAFTED FEMALE-OWNED ORGANIC COTTON RECLAIMED WOOD&CORK 100% RECYCLED FABRIC NATU R A LLY SO U R C E D CEMELI Collections Cemeli collaborates with emerging artisans and fashion designers from around the world. The online boutique sells select products which are trendsetting, scalable to global markets and feature high quality craftsmanship. Cemeli searches for new collaborations and products that meet the Cemeli criteria. JEWELRY APPAREL SANDALS HOME & LIVING LUXURIOUS SCARVES SWIMWEAR BAGS CEMELI JEWELRY Vanile on the Rock Ukka Lelle Spende Le Stelle CEMELI SANDALS Bohemian Greek CEMELI APPAREL Maria Bartzoka CEMELI SWIMWEAR Sugarfree CEMELI HOME & LIVING Natural Greek Fabrics Keep Going > First Aid CEMELI BAGS Bleecker & Love Apoxylo Ukka Lelle CEMELI SCARVES MY by Maria Yeroula CEMELI The Team Founder | CEO Christina Mahjouri is a mission driven creative problem solver. A hybrid from years of experience across global corporations, startups and nonprofits across 20 countries in governance, supply chain and transformational change. CMO Elisavet Chatzigaki is a strategic and creative mind, with solid experience in marketing and communication in the fashion sector and running philanthropic campaigns since being a student. CEMELI Publicity Cemeli has been featured in acclaimed publications such as Condé Nast Traveller and Condé Nast Brides as well as featured interview in House of Coco by founder Christina Mahjouri. CEMELI Publicity CEMELI Contact Info CEMELI.COM christina@cemeli.com Manhattan, New York, NY CEMELI " At Cemeli we believe in a world where every human being has a fair chance to achieve a life of abundance, happiness and the ability to reach his/ her wildest dreams. We collect unique fashion accessories, sourced from emerging women designers and artisans from around the globe. CEMELI " THANK YOU.macOS Version 10.15.7 (Build 19H1030) Quartz PDFContext