Good Example of Social Responsibility

I realize I tend to be biased toward the environmental responsibility in most of my posts. This article, from Yahoo! highlights a good example of social entrepreneurship. The article is about a company, Strappity-do-da started by Shelli Styles, who wants to help women of Columbia, her husband's home country, get educated, empowered and, ultimately, work their way out of poverty.

Strappity-do-da sells beaded bra straps that are made to attach to strapless bras. The idea came when Styles asked her sister-in-law in Cali, Columbia to help fix a fashion faux paux - when someone wearing a tank top, for example, has exposed bra straps. The attractive beaded bra straps are meant to be shown.

Styles doesn't reveal exactly how much she pays her workers in Columbia, but she does say it is approximately three times the average artisan wage of $200 per month.