Baraka Blogs
- August 08, 2023
- 8 min read
- August 02, 2023
- 5 min read
- April 20, 2023
- 5 min read
- February 16, 2023
- 3 min read
Every order and every tip made an impact. Your purchases & contributions, and your customers purchases, impacted the lives of over 1,000 rural women and their families in December. Read on for some of the highlights.
- January 13, 2023
- 5 min read
New Eco-Ergonomic Shea Roasters are a big hit with the hard-working women in Konjeihi.
Hear from local leader, “Aunty” Gifty as her and Jeremy discuss how they are easier, faster, safer and can reduce environmental impact and deforestation by up to 90%.
Recent Topic: How To Use Shea Butter For Acne Scars and Skin Blemishes
Much excitement with the women at Konjeihi and the Baraka team as Jeremy and Abdul from Burn Design Lab arrived with three new custom-designed shea roasters, sponsored by long-time Baraka customer evanhealy.
Recent Topic: Second Grind: Releasing the Oils
- January 04, 2023
- 1 min read
Let me share a few Leadership Thoughts from the Trenches that I will be trying to apply in 2023.
2022 and the years before have been full of blessings, adventures, learnings and challenges - all of which I have tried to use as fodder for learning and fuel for growth (but, certainly not always successfully).
Shea Butter is shea butter is shea butter, right? WRONG!
Not all shea butter is created equal. Read and learn more about color, smell, refined/unrefined, and some information that may surprise you.
- December 28, 2022
- 5 min read
Every Baraka Shipment to our customers is now shipped carbon neutral, with the support going towards a project in Kenya, providing hard-working rural women with stoves that reduce cooking time, conserve fuel, combat climate change and deforestation and reduce the fuel cost for the women.
This only happened because of the support and encouragement of our customers.
- October 12, 2022
- 2 min read