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Omar Itani - Lebanese, West Asia

2019 获奖人 | Industrial Engineer | Lebanese

FabricAID reuses and recycles unwanted clothes. Clothes are graded, sorted into over 46 categories, cleaned and redistributed to disadvantaged communities at between US$0.3 – US$2 per item. Omar has succeeded in growing FabricAID from an idea into a full-blown company with more than 120 employees and several millions in turn over within 5 years.

Omar Itani is the general manager of FabricAID, a social enterprise working to establish a socially and environmentally conscious value chain for the apparel industry. Omar's entrepreneurial journey started at high school when he co-created a waste management student company. Omar is the winner of numerous competitions and awards including the Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC) and the Denis Pietton Award by the French Institute.

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