Jack Wills bracelets: helping fight malaria

Jack Wills and Malaria No More UK are proud partners in the fight to end deaths from malaria in Africa

British fashion brand Jack Wills has been partnering with Malaria No More UK since 2011, uniting staff and customers behind the goal to end malaria deaths.

“Jack Wills is excited to be part of such a positive and proactive charity. We are inspired by the determined and adventurous spirit of Malaria No More UK, a quality that we as a brand recognise in many of our customers, and look forward to raising further funds for this worthy cause.”
Jack Wills CEO and Founder, Peter Williams

Jack Wills are selling two beaded African bracelets that are raising funds to help fight malaria – these unisex bracelets are handmade and threaded with either multicoloured or pink and blue beads (Jack Wills’s signature colours). The beads are interwoven with a Mr Wills charm and a pewter “R” bead – a mark of the authenticity and ethical business practice of bracelet makers: Relate.

Both bracelets are now on sale in Jack Wills stores across the UK and online for £5, with 100% profits (that’s at least £2) from every purchase going to help save lives from malaria. The first year of our partnership has seen over £75,000 raised to help make malaria no more, and the introduction of the pink and blue design for Christmas 2012 is set to build on this success!

Help make malaria no more: buy your bracelet

Who makes the bracelet?

The Jack Wills Malaria No More UK bracelets are handmade in South Africa by the not for profit social enterprise Relate, a United Against Malaria partner. United Against Malaria is a diverse team of partners including Malaria No More, sportspeople, foundations, businesses and governments committed to ending deaths from malaria. The multi-coloured bracelets sold by Jack Wills spring from the original UAM design.

Relate’s vision is to create opportunities that change lives, through the mechanism of a simple string of beads that are made and sold through a uniquely sustainable business model. Bracelets are beaded, “closed” and packed by members of vulnerable communities in Cape Town, South Africa, bringing income, self-sufficiency, dignity and hope. Furthermore Relate invests in skills and enterprise development for the bracelet makers.