Philanthropic Eyewear Company: 141=One for One
141eyewear.com, as its name says, meaning “One for One Eyewear”—- Any buyer buys one pair from them, 141eyewear.com will give one pair to the people in need, which is exactly as what their slogan of ” You Buy, We Give, 141″.
According to WHO, 153 million people around the globe do not have adequate access to all types of vision correction devices. As the sight is considered to be the most inseparable sense of human body, choosing eyewear is incontestably the most meaningful decision.
141 is co-founded by Kyle Yamaguchi, who used to be a designer at Nike, and Shu-Chu Wu, who is an optician. “Starting a business that creates a sustainable model for providing eyewear to those in need just felt like the right thing to do,” Yamaguchi tells reoprter. “We chose eyewear because your sight is arguably your most important sense, and we know that prescription eyewear happens to be one of those things many of us take for granted.”
In my opinion, 141 is really a good idea. By being attributive of charity features, people will spread it in a viral manner. The really good part is 141 does help people in vision needs in the world, especially the poor countries.