About the Kasandy Foundation

We believe that nothing — and no one — should be wasted.

A BC-registered nonprofit organization built on one conviction: sustainability and social justice are the same bet. Everything we do in Canada, we also do in Kenya.

Established 2020 · Vancouver, BC

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Kasandy Foundation team: Deress Asghedom, Jackee Kasandy, Nadine Umutoni, Raphael Malachi

Mission & Vision

What we believe. What we’re building.

Mission

Transform textile waste into purposeful products and purposeful employment — while funding education and family, in Canada and Kenya. Three missions. One foundation. One set of values. Nothing and no one is wasted.

Vision

A world where the circular economy is built with — not around — the communities it’s meant to serve. Where education is universal. Where every child has a loving home. Vancouver as a global model. Kenya as equal partner, not recipient.

Three Programs

Three missions, one coherent strategy.

The Kasandy Foundation is not a collection of unrelated programs. Each mission reinforces the others: employment, education, and family are the three pillars of a just and sustainable future.

PILLAR 1 — FLAGSHIP

Kasandy Circular Economy Initiative

Canada's first full-stack textile circular economy hub. Textile waste into products and inclusive jobs. City of Vancouver endorsed. Research partner: Emily Carr University.

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PILLAR 2 — EDUCATION

Girls & Women Education

Bursaries for Black girls and women in Canada. One Girl Can Foundation partnership in Kenya. Both streams equal in ambition, powered by the same values.

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PILLAR 3 — FAMILY

Paths to Home

A trust fund removing financial barriers for willing adoptive parents in Canada. 100% of donations go directly to families.

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The Principle

🇨🇦 Canada + 🇰🇪 Kenya

Everything we do in Canada, we also do in Kenya. This is not a footnote. It is the architectural principle of the Kasandy Foundation.

The KCEI model will be replicated in Kenya. Education support runs in both countries simultaneously. Kasandy Foundation is not a Canadian organization with a Kenya project. It is an international foundation with two equally important homes.

This principle is not aspirational. It is the operating rule. Every decision we make in Canada is held against the question: are we doing this in Kenya too?

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Canada

Vancouver, British Columbia

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Kenya

Growing presence, equal ambition

Credentials

Registered. Funded. Researched.

BC Nonprofit Organization

BC Registration

BC Incorporation No.: S0075186 · Business No.: 786954701. A BC-registered nonprofit organization. Charitable status application in progress with the Canada Revenue Agency.

FFBC & SBCCI

Current Funders

Active government grant supporters funding the KCEI pilot program — validating the model at a systemic level and anchoring the Foundation's credibility with institutional partners.

Emily Carr University

Research MOU

Formal ten-milestone MOU with ECUAD for applied R&D on circular textile products. Faculty lead, facilities access, and postgraduate research embedded in the pilot.

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