We ran a contest to find new recipes featuring our kombo butter. Here is the winning recipe from Melissa at Airmid Holistics. Ingredients 3oz Baraka Kombo Butter2oz Herb Infused Extra Virgin Olive Oil2 Tbsp BeeswaxEssential Oils (if desired)Menthol Crystals (if desired Instructions 1. Prepare your infused olive oil first! Combine 1 cup Arnica Montana flowers, 1/2 cup Comfrey leaves, & 1/4… [read more]
Collecting Coconuts for Baraka Coconut Oil
The first step in creating virgin coconut oil is collecting the coconuts. Ripe coconuts fall naturally from the trees so that Mrs Blessings can collect them. She owns a small coconut farm with her husband. Purchasing coconut oil from Baraka helps to support and provide income to Mrs Blessings and her community. Shop Coconut Oil
Baraka Baobab Powder Review
Power up your day with baobab powder ? Peter has been using Baraka’s baobab powder for the last couple of weeks. Check out how he uses it to make a difference in his daily life. Baobab has quickly become one of the most sought-after ‘superfoods’. Derived from the majestic baobab trees that are native to northern Ghana, the fruit dries… [read more]
Supporting the Holy Month of Ramadan
With the fasting starting for Ramadan we are meeting with the women who produce Baraka Shea Butter and making a ceremonial contribution to support them. For me it feels great because last year I missed being with them to celebrate Eid, the feast at the end of Ramadan, because I was in Canada. It is one of my favourite things… [read more]
COVID and Baraka Inventory
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on shipping containers from Ghana to North America and, unfortunately, it has put us out of stock on some sizes of cocoa butter and coconut oil until about mid-April. Our apologies. We know you depend on us and we always want to be there for you. Unfortunately, we were blindsided by delays in container shipping that started… [read more]
Know Your Shea
Shea butter is seen by many as a miracle ingredient in soaps and skincare products, and it is. But it can be confusing too. There are a few ‘definitive’ classifications and grading systems, most developed by one group or another and lacking a generally accepted standardization. Many terms are used to describe shea butter and many who sell it don’t… [read more]
Celebrating Eid/Sallah – Breaking the Fast with Chief
I try every year to be in northern Ghana at the end of Ramadan. I enjoy the love, joy and celebration that permeates this special time, and we always try to have special treats for the children. In this video I am breaking the Fast with the Chief, sharing traditional food with them in a centuries old ritual. EID/Sallah, the… [read more]
Kombo Butter and Baraka Impact Interview
Learn how Baraka has partnered with NCRC (Nature Conservation Research Centre) to develop the Kombo Nut as an income generation and ecosystem conservation activity for women and families in Ghanaian villages. Kombo Butter, which has amazing pain relief and other natural qualities, is made from the seed/nut of the Kombo Tree. The Kombo Tree grows naturally in cocoa forests, producing… [read more]
Village Market Walkthrough
Market days in rural Ghanaian villages are always interesting. Women and traders come from all over with their wares. What they’ve grown, what they’ve made, traditional medicines and crafts and more. Market days are even more interesting when you have someone local who can tell you what things are, what they are for and how they are used. Follow along… [read more]
Baraka Cocoa Butter Bits
Cocoa Butter is great, except when you have to break a block of it into usable sized pieces so you can measure it for your recipes. Watch as Baraka co-Founder Wayne shows how Baraka Cocoa Butter bits are made (and waves around a big knife!) #KnowYourProducts – a series of informational posts about Shea Butter, Cocoa Butter, Coconut Oil, Palm… [read more]
Hand-Harvesting Cocoa Pods
Watch and listen as this video shows a hard-working Ghanaian lady hand-harvesting cocoa pods from her small holder cocoa farm. Each pod is gathered by hand, hand-carried to village processing areas and then split open the beans extracted, fermented and dried to get it ready to be made into Cocoa Butter (see more on this process here https://youtu.be/nosPqyIhJMI) Baraka Cocoa… [read more]
Making Black Soap
Black Soap is an incredible product that is just starting to be known and used in North America Ghanaian women have been making black soap with shea butter for generations. Taught by their mothers and grandmothers as they were growing up, Ghanaian women make and use black soap. Follow along in this video as we interview Amina Yussif and she… [read more]
Girls playing football (very well)
I love the wild abandon and joy of kids playing. It is universal and always brings a smile to my face and lightness to my heart. You don’t need a formal team and field. Watch these kids play football (soccer) on bare dirt with a ball made with tape and whatever they can find. And, notice all the girls playing… [read more]
Palm & Cocoa Butter Soap Sensation
Palm Kernel Oil combined with Cocoa Butter creates a cleansing bar of handmade soap that lathers extremely wel and lasts for a long timel. Try this recipe to create a long lasting bar of luxurious soap. Palm Kernel Oil – 122 gramsOlive Oil – 238 gramsCocoa Butter – 102 gramsCastor Oil – 68 gramsCoconut Oil – 102 gramsShea Butter –… [read more]
The Cocoa Bean Story
Learn about the cocoa bean story, how they are grown and harvested and the women and communities who do the work and earn their livelihood from it. The collection and processing of cocoa beans for Baraka Cocoa Butter is done by smallholder growers in remote villages in Ghana. Watch and listen as we discuss the process as we stand amongst… [read more]
Whipping the Shea
Whipping Shea Butter (not the whipping you think!) Your shea needs to be whipped like this before you can make your lovely whipped body butters and other products Whipping (or churning) Shea Butter is a key step in making it. And it is hard work. After the Shea Nuts (Seeds) are crushed, roasted and then ground to release the oils… [read more]
Driving the Streets of Wa
Come with us as we drive through Wa, the Capital of Ghana’s Upper West Region Many have asked for more information about the communities so come along as we drive across Wa and hear Alfred Akolgo describe what we are seeing and passing through #KnowAboutShea – a series of informational posts about shea butter and the women, families… [read more]
Making a Mortar and Pestle
An elder hand-making a pestle for use in a large mortar and pestle. A lot of work. Amazing craftsmanship passed down through generations. A mortar and pestle is used extensively in cooking and processing in Shea Forest communities. In fact, the traditional way to make shea butter involved crushing the seeds in a large mortar and pestle and then grinding… [read more]
Beet, Coconut and Cocoa Lip Balm
Why this recipe? Typically in the dry months I notice that my lips tend to need a little extra TLC. I wanted to try to incorporate something with a natural color that also had skin benefits. What makes the ingredients special? Beets are a known superfood and what’s good for the inside can be great for the outside as well…. [read more]
The Kombo Butter Story
Kombo Butter is Amazing and so is its story. Watch, listen and learn about the Kombo Tree and fruit in the cocoa forests in this livestream shot in the Cocoa/Kombo forest. Known as African Nutmeg, they grow naturally in the Cocoa Forests, providing shade and diversity to the Cocoa crops and now starting to provide additional income to the hard… [read more]
How Hand-Crafted Shea Butter is Made
Making Shea Butter – from fruit to butter Watch, listen and learn how Baraka Shea Butter is made. This video takes you through the entire process, starting in the wild shea forest and finishing with beautiful, hand-crafted shea butter. Learn about the steps in the process and all the hard work that goes into making shea butter. #KnowAboutShea – a… [read more]
Bath Bomb Cupcakes
Bath bomb Cupcakes are a unique spin on the wildly popular bath time treat. Turn your bath into an oasis of aromatherapy and bubbles wrapped in everyone’s favorite…cupcakes! Most of the ingredients can be found around your house. With a few small tweaks you can use these ingredients for the bath. Turn your bath into a bubbly aroma therapy escape… [read more]
Pink Himalayan Sea Salt, Shea Butter & Coconut Oil Foot Scrub
Ingredients: Recipe:1.5 cups pink Himalayan Sea Salt1/2 cup coconut oil1/4 cup Shea butter7 drops grapefruit essential oil3 drops tea tree essential oil5 drops lavender essential oil Visit our Facebook page to view the instructions: Baraka Shea Butter Facebook and tune in for more LIVE Soap School Livestream videos! 7pm EST on Thursdays. Recipe Source: Zakia @ LiveSoapSchool.com For Zakia Ringgold, magic happens when motherhood collides… [read more]
Shea Butter, Coconut & Mango Soap Recipe
Shea Coconut will create a long last bar packed with nutrients that moisturize and cleanse the skin naturally. Shea Butter is full of vitamins A, E and F which all contribute to it’s ability to absorb in the skin and make the skin appear smooth and supple. Coconut oil adds the cleansing factor to this recipe for a truly luxurious… [read more]
Packing Shea Butter from our hands to yours
Packing Hand-Crafted Shea Butter: From Our Hands to Yours Watch as Barak Shea Butter is hand-packed, with every handful inspected, for quality. Baraka Shea Butter is 100% hand-crafted using traditional methods and processes passed down through generations. When it is finished and ready for packing into the cartons that will ship to Canada and then to our customers, every handful… [read more]
Traditional Shea Butter Soap
Shea Butter has been used for making soap for centuries. Women living in the Shea Forest on the edge of the Sahara have learned how to make it from their mothers and grandmothers and, in turn, have taught their daughters and granddaughters. Techniques and learning, passed down through generations. In this video Amina Yussif, discussed traditional Shea Butter Soap, how… [read more]
Picking Shea: A shortie from the Shea Forest
Picking Shea: A shortie from the Shea Forest Join us live from the Shea Forest as we watch women and families from Tabiasi (a community near Wa in northern Ghana) picking and eating shea fruit, a first step in turning this natural treasure into Baraka Shea Butter. Listen as @Alfred Akolgo, Baraka’s Country Manger describes the work they are doing… [read more]
Fruit Happens: Story of Shea Butter
Fruit Happens! Every year. Shea trees blossom in January and fruits start to form and by late April they are ripening and falling from the trees. Great fun, great treat and great for the women and the local economy. This video is the second in an ongoing series that Wayne Dunn of Baraka Shea Butter is putting together to help… [read more]
Introduction to the Story of Shea Butter
Shea Butter. You’ve heard of it. Maybe you use it and work with it. But, do you know the story? How it is made? The women, children, families and communities that make it (and depend on it). How they live. This video introduces an ongoing series that Wayne Dunn of Baraka Shea Butter is putting together to help people learn… [read more]
Baraka’s Shea Butter Producers
Meet the women who make Baraka Shea Butter. Baraka Shea Butter is well-known for its quality. The credit for the quality goes to the hard-working women who make it. On this video you can see about 150 of them.
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Second Grind: Releasing the Oils
Second Grind: Releasing the OilsAfter the shea nuts are crushed and roasted they are carried back to the grinder where magic happens. One of the most amazing, mind-blowing parts of how shea butter is made. Dry, mealy material goes into a grinder and comes out as an oily, viscous substance, nearly ready to release the magic of shea butter. Crushing… [read more]
Baraka Palm Oil – Interview with Benso General Manager
Baraka Palm Oil – Interview with Avaala Awonnea Interview with one of Baraka’s Palm Oil partners. Avaala Awonnea, General Manager of Benso Oil Palm Plantation, a key partner in Baraka’s Palm Oil Supply Chain. He discusses the company’s operation and commitment to social responsibility and environmental stewardship with Baraka founder Wayne Dunn Benso, is certified by the Round Table on… [read more]
Welcome Dance
I love the energy that the women bring to work, meetings and life. The joy and abandon of the dancing and celebrating is contagious. Watch as the women who make Baraka Shea Butter dance to open a meeting and see the women using traditional instruments to support them. Turn up the sound and listen as Amina Yussif explains the Welcome… [read more]
Shea Butter Lantern
#SheaButterLanterns Shea Butter: For light, for studying, for life. We think of shea butter as this amazing ingredient we can use for soaps and skin care. For the Wali people in Northern Ghana who make Baraka Shea Butter it is much more. It is food. It is light. It is fuel. Many have studied and learnt by the light of… [read more]
Moisturizing Bath Truffles
Bath Truffles are a self-care treat for the tub. With this simple homemade DIY you can experience a luxurious bath time treat that leaves your skin nourished. Ingredients: Mango Butter 125 grams Shea Butter – 60 grams Coconut Oil – 20 grams Emulsifying Wax – 20 grams Lavender Essential Oil – 3 grams Instructions: 1. Measure each of the ingredients…. [read more]
French Green Facial Soap
This recipe comes from the New Vegan Soap Cookbook. It creates an amazing lather that naturally cleanses the skin. By incorporating French Green Clay it gently detoxifies the skin while giving it an extra dose of moisture. This is a great recipe to try for problematic skin or as a weekly skin ritual for a deep cleanse. Ingredients: Rice Bran… [read more]
A Walk in the Wa Market
Markets are central to community life. Everywhere. Join us as we watch some of the produce go by in the Wa Market (Capital city of Ghana’s Upper West Region) and end by buying some Poona Yams (a delicious, sweet yam – one of my favourites).
Shea Butter is traditionally made into small balls and sold in markets like this
Community Water Well
#WaterIsLife – true everywhere, and especially in shea butter producing communities on the edge of the Sahara in Northern Ghana. Village wells are the centre of community social and much work activity.
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Activated Charcoal Soap Recipe
This recipe makes a conditioning and naturally cleansing batch of soap. Activated charcoal is known for naturally pulling toxins from the skin and Tea Tree essential oil is a great anti-septic. The combination of these ingredients along with Shea Butter, Hemp Seed oil and Olive Oil make it an ideal bar for a conditioning cleanse. Ingredients Sodium Hydroxide – 106… [read more]
Supple Soap made with Turmeric
This all natural soap is the elixir for radiant skin. This DIY recipe is packed with anti-inflammatory ingredients and antioxidants to gently exfoliate and cleanse the skin. To make this recipe, follow soap safety procedures by donning gloves and goggles. Ingredients Distilled Water – 196 grams Sodium Hydroxide- 77 grams Avocado Oil – 136 grams Coconut Oil – 169 grams… [read more]
Sea Salt Spa Escape Bar
Sea Salt Spa Bar: A spa-like treat from a hard, exfoliating bar. Watch, read, learn and try it. Fun and a treat to use when you are done. Since this batch contains a high amount of Salt we will use individual cavity molds to make it easier to release. Remember that Sodium Hydroxide is a caustic and therefore we must… [read more]
Bubble Scoops
Scoopy Doo fun with Bubble Scoops. Fun to use. Fun to make – and video and written instructions. Check it out! Bubble Scoops are a unique spin on creating a luxuriously conditioning bath experience. To use them, you will crumble under running water and watch your tub get filled with bubbles and an intoxicating scent. For this recipe you will… [read more]
Happy Soles (and toes) Moisturizing Foot Scrub
Happy Soles (and toes) is all we want! This recipe is perfect for the summer time to help eliminate dry cracked soles. Simple care for happy soles. Ingredients: 2 ounces of Baraka Shea Butter .5 Ounces of Sweet Almond Oil 2 tablespoons of Ground Pumice Stone 1.5 Ounces of Epsom Salt 5 drops of Peppermint Essential oil </ Instructions: Measure out… [read more]
Asungtaaba Basket Group Sharing Fund
Women self-organize into work and support groups at the community level throughout northern Ghana and, indeed, in many other areas of the world. These groups fulfill important social, economic and community functions and have evolved a way or working, organizing and collaborating over generations. Unfortunately, they are too often ‘improved’ by well-meaning outsiders and formal structures and procedures put in… [read more]
Steps in making Baraka Bolga Baskets
Traditional, handwoven Baraka Bolga Baskets are made with skills and techniques passed down through generations. Mothers and Aunts teach daughters and then they weave and work together. In this video, Ahmed, the local coordinator, describes some of the steps as the women are weaving. They are working as they normally do, in a group under a shade tree in the… [read more]
Alamgubbe Group Weaving Baskets
Hand weaving Baraka Bolga Baskets is hard, meticulous and demanding work. The women gather together, often under a tree for shade from the searing heat on the edge of the Sahara
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Asongo Basket Group Welcome Dance
Meetings, activities and events are traditionally opened with song and dance. It injects energy into whatever is happening and helps get everyone in a joyous and open mind and space.
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Field Interview on Sustainable Coconut Farm Management
Live from the Field interview with Kojo Nunoo and the Field Operations Manager for Baraka’s partner, Ava Virgin Coconut Oil.
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Traditional Opening of the Coconut Festival
Traditional singing, dancing and instruments to open Ghana’s Coconut Festival. Traditionally meetings, events and activities are opened with song, music and dance. It is a wonderful tradition.
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Coconut plantations, inter-cropping and food security
An interview with the founder of Baraka’s partner, Ava Virgin Coconut Oil discussing intercropping and its contribution to sustainability and food security
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Coconut Sustainability: waste to organic planting pots
Baraka and its partner Ava Virgin Coconut take great care to bring as much sustainability, as little waste and as much impact as possible to their work. This video shows how the traditional coconut industry leaves piles of husks in the growing area, taking land away from food, making an eyesore and providing a breeding ground for snakes.
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Baraka Shea Butter Producers
Meet the women who make Baraka Shea Butter. Baraka Shea Butter is well-known for its quality. The credit for the quality goes to the hard-working women who make it. On this video you can see about 150 of them.
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From the Shea Forest: Alfred Akolgo Interview
Live from the Shea Forest interview with Alfred Akolgo, Baraka’s Country Manager. He discusses his work with Baraka, the communities and women Baraka works with and some of his personal and career life.
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Tabiasi Women’s Enterprise Centre
A live walkthrough of the Tabiasu Women’s Enterprise Centre with Alfred Akolgo, Baraka’s Country Manager. You can see the women using the facility for the preparation of Shea Nuts (seeds) as we discuss the centre, why we built it, how it will be used and the impact it is already having.
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Building and using the Tabiasi Women’s Enterprise Centre
The Tabiasu Women’s Enterprise Centre was built primarily with local labour and local materials, including hand-made mud bricks. Follow along as we have a live discussion of the construction, why and how we maximized local impact and minimized the environmental footprint
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From the Shea Forest: Picking Shea nuts (seeds)
Shot live in the Shea Forest you can see how the women gather the fallen shea fruit and nuts, the first step in making Baraka Shea Butter. See the women in action, watch the young boys climbing shea trees and shaking the fruit off so the women can pick it.
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From the Shea Forest – Lilian Mwintoma Interview
Live from the Shea Forest interview with Lilian Mwintoma, Baraka’s Quality Office and Women’s Development Liaison. Lilian discusses her work with Baraka, the communities and women Baraka works with and some of her personal and career life.
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Livestream with Emely from Baraka Philippines
Live with Emely, who heads up Baraka Philippines, as she leaves for home after the Handcrafted Soap and Cosmetic Guild 2019 conference in Dallas
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Summer Soothing Cream
Easy 4-ingredient / 2-step DIY Soothing Cream. Make it now. Summertime is a wonderful season! However, too much sun and lots of bug bites can sometimes be added to the mix, when can make for uncomfortable skin. This Summer Soothing Cream DIY recipe (created by Zakia from Live Soap School can help soothe your skin during those itchy and sore… [read more]
Live with Melissa & Family
Here we are live with Melissa and her lovely family. Element LABS; Love Art Beauty Science ltd. at the The Handcrafted Soap and Cosmetic Guild conference in Dallas
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Live with Baraka from HSCG 2019 in Dallas
Livestream interview with Wayne and Gifty of Baraka Shea Butter from the 2019 Handcrafted Soap and Cosmetics Guild Annual Conference in Dallas, Texas.
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Live with Miss Doyle
Livestream chat with Cheryl aka Miss Doyle’s Soapery She is going to be posting a blog and some recipes.
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Baraka Bolga Baskets in the community
Baraka Bolga Baskets are hand-woven by women’s groups in Ghana’s Upper East region In this video Baraka’s Country Manager, Alfred Akolgo, meets with some of the hard-working women to discuss basket making, life
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Abuja Conversation – Int Women’s Day, 2018
The Better Life for Rural African Women and the United Nations Development Program hosted a major event in Abuja, Nigeria to celebrate International Women’s Day 2018. This documentary discusses the event and key issues,
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Shea Nut Roasters: Safer, Healthier, Easier
Making handmade shea butter is a lot of work. Using shea nut roasters helps make it a bit easier, and a lot safer and healthier. And does a better job.
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Baraka TV: Interview with Amina and Lillian
“Aunty” Amina Yussif has worked with Baraka for over a decade, training and supporting women in communities throughout Ghana’s Upper West Region. A year ago she was joined by Mwintoma Lilian and together they are key members of Baraka’s Ghana team.
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Baraka TV: Kperisi Naa (Chief) Interview
Kperisi Chief, Naa Alhassan Sidiki Bomsi III initially invited Wayne and Baraka to the community to work with the local women’s group to help them develop additional and alternative income generation opportunities. Wayne engage “Aunty” Amina and the relationship that evolved into Baraka Shea Butter began.
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Baraka TV: Alfred Interview
Alfred Akolgo has led Baraka’s Ghana operations since about 2015, working with “Aunty” Amina and recently Mwintoma Lilian as they worked with hard-working women in Ghana’s Upper West Region to produce, package and export Baraka Shea Butter.
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Baraka TV: Zenabo Interview
Zenabo Imoro is one of the leaders of the Kperisi Shea Butter group. In this clip she discusses the care that goes into making Baraka Shea Butter, the long-standing relationship between the hard-working women of northern Ghana
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Shea Butter Lamps light it up
Shea Butter Lamps light it up! Shea Butter has so many traditional uses. Many in northern Ghana have done homework by the light of a shea butter lamp. Shea butter rubbed into locally grown cotton and placed on something
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The Best-Dancer
Joyous dance is part of so many community events. Everyone joins in, including the children. The joy and abandon this young girl dances with is incredible. It will make your face smile and your heart sing.
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Baraka TV Show w-subtitles
We filmed a discussion between Baraka founder Wayne Dunn, women shea butter producers, the community Chief, Baraka’s local team and others. They discuss making shea butter, families, life in northern Ghana, the impact Baraka has on the community and how they enjoy the feedback from people who use Baraka Shea Butter. Watch the full 30 minute film – subtitled in English
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Producer Interview with Zenabo Imoro
A discussion with Zenabo Imoro, one of the leaders of the groups of hard-working women who make Baraka Shea Butter. She discusses how they make Baraka Shea Butter, how they focus on quality and the impact that Baraka’s purchases
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Teacher discussing the need income generation skills training
When children leave school early it is devastating. Listen as a local teacher discusses the reality that far too many children in northern Ghana face as economic circumstances force them to leave school early.
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Cultural Display at Global Day to Combat Desertification, Wechiau, Ghana
This video that Wayne filmed in 2011 in northern Ghana while he was supporting Ghana’s Environmental Protection Agency on their Anti-Desertification Program highlights some of the community/cultural integration that is part of the effort to create grassroots awareness and action on climate change and its impact.
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Using everything- Fuel from Shea Butter residue
Using everything. Hand-crafting pure, unrefined shea butter leaves behind residue that is not wasted. The hard-working women that make @Baraka Shea Butter mold this residue into fuel balls that they dry and use for cooking and even sometimes for making their next batch of Shea Butter!
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From Our Hands: The Baraka Shea Butter Song and Dance
The joy of hand-crafting @Baraka Shea Butter is celebrated in this video as the hard-working women who make it have just created a new song and dance to celebrate their joy. The joy and their celebration are the direct
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Using shells from shea nuts for fuel
Nothing is wasted. Preparing Shea Nuts (seeds) for making Shea Butter includes removing the husks. These husks are not just discarded. Watch as @Baraka’s Women’s Development Coordinator @Amina Yusiff explains how the women use the husks for fuel, saving resources and money
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Shea Tree Regeneration and Conservation
Shea Trees grow wild and regenerate naturally. I’m often asked about how many seeds are left behind to regenerate and grow. Most of them are. Research estimate suggest that at least 85% of the Shea Seeds that fall from Shea Trees are unpicked and available to germinate.
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Community Certified Fair Trade Interview
Watch an interview with Zenabu Imoru, a leader of the Kperisi women’s group and the community Chief where they discuss their working relationship with Baraka Shea Butter and the Community Certified Fair-Trade certification they provided. Sub-titled in English.
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The Story of Baraka Shea Butter
A short animation to help you understand where Baraka Shea Butter comes from. From the shea trees in the northern Savannah to the pure, unrefined, hand-crafted shea butter made by the hard working women of
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Practical Household Economics for Schoolchildren Interview
Survival Economics for School Children. Driven by poverty and family situations many children in impoverished villages in northern Ghana are forced to leave school early, often as young as 12 or 13 years old. Too often this sets in place another cycle of poverty
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Copying Textbooks- Learning takes effort, lots of it
Listen to the teacher discuss some of the realities of school life for these young men and women. And, behind it all marvel because some will come from this classroom and others like it and go on to be become business,
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Baraka Shea Butter: No waste from making it
Waste Not. That is how we do it. @Amina Yussif, explains the care and strategy that goes into ensuring that nothing is wasted when making Baraka Shea Butter. She explains how the hard-working women who make
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