One Sunday, while clearing the storeroom, we came across an old, worn‑out chair. It wasn’t valuable at first glance, but something about it caught our attention. Instead of discarding it, we decided to give it a new life. After binge‑watching refurbishment tutorials, we brought it back to life—sanding, repairing, and painting until it looked completely transformed.

That single chair became our proof of concept. We realized that waste could become value. Our vision was to combine sustainability with a business approach, taking items SOS could not use, restoring them, and reinvesting the revenue back SOS Children's Villages.

We found an unused SOS Children's Villages space and transformed it into a thrift store, where we moved refurbished items. The Giving Chair is not only about fixing furniture. It was about designing a model that solves a real supply problem, creates consistent revenue, and reduces waste.

As two students passionate about economics and business, The Giving Chair became our first real venture, a working example of how strategy, sustainability, and heart can lead to change.