Donated bras help start third world businesses

Senior Jane Forman and junior Elva Nitereka, human services majors, are asking students to bring their gently used bras to an event called “Free the Girls” to Vendors Row from noon to 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26, and Friday, Feb. 27.
“Free the Girls” is a national organization based in Denver that sends donated bras to sex-trafficking survivors in underdeveloped countries like Mozambique, El Salvador, Kenya and Uganda. The bras are then sold in secondhand stores ran by these survivors, helping them to get back on their feet financially, Forman said.