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Ojoba Collective was started in 2003 as a means to help poor villagers in West Africa gain a fair wage for their crafts. Working as teachers in a rural village in Ghana gave us an up-close look at the challenges faced by local people in West Africa. Most live at a very subsistence level, and often go hungry, or cannot afford basic needs like health care and school fees. We realized that one of the biggest obstacles to development in the region was a basic lack of financial resources. We met so many wonderful, talented, and hardworking people, but there were simply not enough economic opportunities for them to improve their situations.

Dancing at the Ojoba Women’s Shea Cooperative manufacturing facility is a common way to celebrate the completion of another large shipment of shea butter!
We originally started Ojoba Collective as a means of helping a few friends of ours who were skilled craftspeople, and in need of support. For the past seven years we worked directly with artisans in Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal and Niger helping them market their products. As success grew with our popular natural shea butter, we have decided to focus all of our attention on our best selling skin moisturizer.

We are proud members of the Fair Trade Federation and a Green Business Member of Green America, and believe very strongly in trying to create a more just and equitable world through mutual understanding, humanitarian work, and small-scale economies with a human face.


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