About Our Company
Jinga exists to bring to you the most wonderful shoes: and to generate a good deal of enjoyment and make a positive social impact in the process.
We are a social enterprise. What this means is that where regular companies are driven first and foremost by finaicial goals and targets, our goals are social as well as financial. Our purpose is not just to run a successful business, but also to provide opportunities and social development to disadvantaged young people in Brazil. All our profits are reinvested for social purposes – both within our company, to improve the environmental and social impacts of our products and our supply chain, and also outside our company, providing funding assistance for Julio Otoni, a social project for young people and teenagers in a low income area of Rio de Janeiro.
So Jinga is not just about shoes (although it does sometimes feel like we eat, sleep, dream Jingas): its about creating and making the most of opportunities, about bringing colour into people’s lives, progression, fun and individuality and trying to get the best out of life for everyone as far as we can make that happen.
