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27: Ajiri Tea – Creating a Sustainable Cycle of Employment and Opportunity in Kenya.

April 28, 2020 aviyer2000 Africa, Food, Impact, Womenled 00:25:11 0 Comments

What does it take to start a business several thousands of miles away, and that too when you were just 19. Kate Holby co-founded Ajiri tea with her sister Sara Kolby, to create a full cycle of sustainable aid. Because education is a sustainable investment, 100% of the net profits go back to Kenya to pay school fees for orphans. Ajiri Tea Company is now sponsoring 29 orphans in school and is employing four different women’s groups. Learn more about these amazing young ladies.

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14: Global Goods Partners – Gifts That Give Back

January 14, 2020 aviyer2000 Africa, Impact, USA, Womenled 00:33:11 0 Comments

Buy handmade, change women’s lives. We chat with Joan Shifrin and Catherine Shimony, extremely dynamic and creative women who run this New York-based non-profit brand Global Goods Partners, like a business and with the overall mission to do good and empower women. Their work, resources, and resolve are focused on bridging gaps, opening doors and providing opportunities for artisan women to join the international marketplace.

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