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Our Solution

We organize women within the shea value chain, smallholder farmers and youth with interest in agriculture to receive training and access support to increase production, sell more, raise their incomes,  and operate sustainably.

We Identify Communities

We identify communities based on the needs, communities with majority of youth dwellers who are unemployed, communities with strong patriarchal beliefs, those with abused and marginalized women and those inhabited by women shea nut pickers and shea butter producers.

We Recruit

We recruit and develop our beneficiaries based on our Empowering The Disempowered model (ETD Model). We organize our beneficiaries at the community level; organize them into groups of cooperatives based on program interests with at least 30-50 members in each cooperative.

We Train

Quality shea nut picking and shea butter making, sustainable farming, waste to energy, sanitation and hygiene, value added products, diaper and sanitary pads, weaving and dress making, youth in agriculture and managing of cooperatives. All these are models under our ETD program.

We Support

Fair trade and Fair for Life Certification, pre-financing, health insurance, equipment and product insurance, investments, child education support, agri-technology, helpline (Toll-free one-stop for women shea butter makers and farmers in 4 major languages; Dagbanli, Hausa, Asante twi and English).

We Open Up Fair Trade Market Opportunities For You

We find fair trade companies around the world who buy from the cooperatives at fairtrade conditions and also receive Fairtrade Premiums.

We Guide You To Drive Development In Your Community

We identify investment and development organizations who partner with our beneficiaries through the cooperatives to facilitate development in their communities.

Our Empowering The Disempowered (ETD) Model

ETD Model

Our unique model helps our beneficiaries to become empowered. Women shea nut pickers, shea butter makers, small holder farmers and youth with interest in agriculture, once they join us, are able to:

  • Access high level skilled training which will enable them move out of poverty (they can earn four times more than their colleagues in the same venture earn)
  • Get access to sell their produce and products on both local and international markets at fair market conditions.
  • Increase production and yield due to the diverse knowledge they gain from shared know-how and access to modern energy efficient equipments.
  • Receive support to stay afloat in times of crisis.
  • Have dependents who will benefit from the improved income.
  • Access to all year round healthcare through a comprehensive health insurance scheme.
  • Opportunities for cultural diversity through exchange programs in different countries.
  • Act as drivers to developments in communities and also serve as role models to both rural and urban youth to take up farming.

Impact Goals

Impact Goals

  • 120 new women shea pickers and shea butter producers earning extra income from making organic body and cosmetic products every year
  • About 500 direct and indirect harmful body product users becoming more conscious of their health through our organic products campaigns yearly.
  • 60 rural youth venturing into sustainable agriculture every year.
  • 600 direct and indirect dependents of our beneficiaries being able to enjoy good meals, education and hospital services as a result of improved living conditions.
  • 10% yearly reduction in rural urban migration as a result of more families getting themselves out of poverty.