English Jeweler Topple & Burn Raises Funds for Women of Afghanistan – WWD

AFGHANISTAN ACTION: Whereas many stay frozen with horror on the scenes unfolding in Afghanistan, one small jeweler primarily based in Brighton, England, is taking motion to help the voices of the nation’s girls.

For the following two weeks on-line style jeweler Topple & Burn mentioned it would donate one hundred pc of earnings from its Refugees Welcome assortment to Rukhshana Media, which highlights the lives and work of Afghan girls.

The Refugees Welcome necklace is priced at 21 kilos, and is bought by way of the model’s web site within the U.Okay. and the U.S.

Libby Freeman mentioned she based Topple & Burn in 2017 to assist increase cash for her U.Okay.-based charity, Calais Motion, which advantages displaced folks within the Calais, France, camps, and the broader European refugee disaster.

Topple & Burn, which has a small worldwide workforce, additionally raises cash for a number of charities and civil society initiatives.

Freeman mentioned: “We’re so scared for our pals in Afghanistan, for many who have tried to flee to frame cities and people whose asylum instances are at the moment being processed the place they continue to be in danger for deportation. Hopefully we are able to use our platform to assist increase cash and consciousness for work that protects girls’s rights and helps inform their tales.”

The corporate mentioned it has created greater than 30 completely different jewellery designs with protest or tongue-in-cheek messages. The jewellery is constituted of surgical metal, and the gold and rose gold variations are 18k plated.

Rukhshana Media was created in November 2020 by the 28-year-old journalist Zahra Joya. The tales are written by Afghan girls and are targeted on the political, social and spiritual points that affect their lives.

The group, she mentioned, was named after a lady who was stoned to demise by the Taliban in 2015, and the purpose is to provide information from the attitude of ladies.

Individually, Joya has mounted an internet fundraising marketing campaign for Rukhshana. “Afghan girls want a platform to talk for themselves. The Taliban’s return haunts Afghanistan and my Afghan sisters.”

This week the British authorities arrange an Afghanistan residents’ resettlement scheme, which is able to look to present 5,000 of the nation’s “most susceptible” residents secure haven this yr.

The general purpose is to settle some 20,000 folks in Britain over the following few years, though U.Okay. Residence Secretary Priti Patel mentioned there’s “no cap” on the scheme.