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Bikes for Education-NWCN
View our Bicycles for Education project on Northwest Cable News.
New Face Care from Alaffia
In January, Alaffia will introduce new facial cleansers and toners to complement our existing moisturizers. Available online in mid January, or look for them in your local natural food store.
What We Do
Create
We formulate our premium shea butter skin care products using our own handcrafted, shea butter and other indigenous ingredients. The goal of our simple, effective formulations is to preserve the integrity and effectiveness of the shea butter and indigenous ingredients in the final product. We do not use petroleum derived products or parabens, and we do not test on animals. We make all of our shea butter products ourselves in small batches at our facility in Olympia, WA.
Inform
One of our main goals is to educate others about empowering communities and individuals through fair trade of shea butter. Our shea butter products carry our message, and we also do direct outreach by speaking at high schools, colleges, universities and community centers. We also welcome visitors to our facilities in Washington State and Togo to view how we make our shea butter and our finished products.
For more information on donating your used bicycle or otherwise becoming involved in our Bicycles for Education Project, please contact us using our online form.
Empower
Fairly trading shea butter places fair monetary value on the unique skills of African women, providing an economic and moral boost which leads to more gender equality in the family institution. Together with our shea butter cooperative and the non-profit organization, Global Alliance for Community Empowerment, we return the proceeds from our sales to our communities through projects that serve to enhance self reliance and sustainability.
Empowerment Alliance: In our efforts to empower our communities, we have dedicated 10% of our sales to fund community enhancement programs in West Africa & locally in Washington State.
Fair Trade Federation: We are active members of the Fair Trade Federation and operate our organization based on the principles of Fair Trade and organic guidelines.