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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.

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%.

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.

November was an exciting month on the donations and impact front.  Your purchases and the products you made, along with the tips you left on checkout (32% of purchases had a tip added) made a huge impact.

Baraka Impact was selected as the the 2022 SME of the Year for Sustainability and Social Investment at the Sustainability & Social Investment (SSI) Ghanaian Awards Ceremony held on Friday, November 18th at the Kempinski Hotel in Ghana.

All Baraka orders are now shipped carbon free, and benefit rural women in Ghana and Kenya

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.

The hard-working women of Konjiehi are getting a new enterprise center and the community is getting a new well thanks to Baraka's customers and their purchases of Baraka butters and oils.  Every purchase makes a difference

The women of Konjiehi are getting a new Women's Enterprise Centre and Community Water Well thanks to you and others who purchase Baraka Shea Butter and other ingredients.