Fine jewelry brand AuXchange Gold Jewelry is expanding its roster of charitable organizations that receive donations from its online store purchases.
The brand launched two years ago with a commitment to creating beautiful, timeless gold jewelry and supporting girls’ education. AuXchange fulfills its mission by donating at least 10% of the purchase price of each piece towards girls’ education. Until recently, AuXchange had exclusive annual partnerships with organizations like Malala Fund or Camfed (Campaign for Female Education). In response to client feedback, AuXchange is giving clients a choice between three different organizations, each dedicated to the cause of empowering girls.
Beginning April 1, 2022, AuXchange will allow clients to select from three remarkable organizations – Girls, Inc., Los Angeles and EmpowHer Institute, both based in Los Angeles, where AuXchange is now based; as well as Camfed, an international organization with a San Francisco presence. All three organizations are dedicated to supporting and empowering girls, especially brown and black girls, from marginalized communities and countries, to obtain the education, skills and opportunities necessary to achieve academic and financial success.
AuXchange’s Mission: Empowering Women & Educating Girls One Gold Piece at a Time. “Education transforms,” AuXchange founder Azra Mehdi noted. “Education gave me knowledge, financial independence and the confidence to use my voice, not only for myself, but also for the millions of girls who cannot advocate for themselves. Supporting organizations like Girls, Inc. Los Angeles, EmpowHer Institute and Camfed allows AuXchange and its clients to be part of these girls’ journeys as they gain the tools to ensure that their voices are being heard.”
Mehdi, a teenage immigrant from India, is a practicing attorney who turned her lifelong passion for jewelry into a creative/social impact venture, injecting culture and diversity into her unique designs like the AX-MOM and AX-MENA collections, while redefining classics, like the quintessentiaL hoop earrings. Mehdi’s foray into designing jewelry began with courses at the Gemological Institute of America, underscoring her philosophy that education is transformative at any stage of life. Mehdi is the only Black Indigenous People of Color jewelry designer featured in Zales’ Designer Spotlight in 2020, less than a year after the launch of AuXchange.
