Impact Sewing Factory
Where skills become livelihoods.
From three employees in 2023 to 85 full-time staff producing around 70,000 pieces a month: how the Impact Sewing Factory turns skills into stable jobs.
85
full-time staff at the Impact Sewing Factory
Current2026
~70,000
pieces produced every month
Current2026
40%
of factory staff are Sudanese
Current2026
700+
women trained in sewing
ProgramOver the past year
The pathway
Skills → Employment → Income → Opportunity
01Skills
Market-driven sewing and embroidery training, combined with business skills.
02Employment
Graduates are hired into the factory and partner workshops — 30% of women trained over the past year were employed.
03Income
Stable, full-time work for 85 staff, with access to health support for employees.
04Opportunity
Own brands — Naseej by Impact, Beams and Osoul — with first exports shipped.
The story
Impact Factory: starting from 3 people in a workshop
For us, the factory is about much more than production. It is a place where people gain practical skills, find stable employment, build confidence and create a better future for themselves and their families.
- 01
The challenge
Training alone does not pay the rent. Women who complete vocational courses — many of them refugees — often struggle to find stable, fairly paid work.
- 02
What Impact did
In November 2023, Impact put its vision for sustainable employment into practice by opening a sewing factory in Ain Shams, Cairo — creating a direct route from the training room to the production floor.
- 03
Who took part
85 full-time staff today, 40% of whom are Sudanese. Over the past year, more than 700 women were trained in sewing.
- 04
What changed
30% of the women trained over the past year were employed. The factory produces around 70,000 pieces a month, and new workshops have opened in Alexandria and Aswan.
- 05
What comes next
Impact is developing its own product lines — Naseej by Impact, Beams and Osoul — to grow sales, exports and the number of stable jobs.
Inside the Impact Sewing Factory
Production
Around 70,000 pieces a month — made by a team in which 40% are Sudanese.
Workshops in Cairo, Alexandria and Aswan. Capacity for partner companies, own collections and export.
Voices from the factory
In their own words
Employees and trainees share what work has changed for them.
Voices
Golden: “If you have a dream, don’t hesitate”
Golden came to Egypt from Sudan and started at the sewing factory two weeks after arriving. Her hope: to start her own business and employ others.
Voices
Eman: “Here we feel like one family”
Eman works at the Impact Sewing Factory and now helps train others, Egyptians and Sudanese alike.
Economic Empowerment
Sewing training in Alexandria
Trainees in our Alexandria workshop share how they went from fearing the machine to making their own patterns.
Sewing Factory
Inside the Impact Sewing Factory
For companies
Production with social impact.
Companies can work with the Impact Sewing Factory on production and sourcing, sponsor training places or hire graduates — linking CSR and ESG goals to measurable jobs.
There is more we can build together.
Whether you are looking to support a program, develop a strategic partnership, share expertise or explore new opportunities, we would love to hear from you.