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Fair Trade

About Akoma and Fairtrade

Akoma Skincare works with the Akoma Cooperative Multipurpose Society, located in Bolgatanga, an area in the upper east region of Ghana that is poverty stricken.Unemployment is high in this area of Ghana. Collecting, processing, and selling shea nuts and shea butter at the Akoma Multipurpose Society is a important source of income for women in the community. The harvest runs from June to October and Akoma produces around 45 tonnes of shea butter a year. The facility at Akoma can produce upto eight tonnes of shea butter a day. The group however, does not intend to depend just on the production of shea butter which is why they call it a "multipurpose society", the group hopes to explore other crafts and learn new skills such as dressmaking, soap making and cocoa butter production to grow the co-operative further.

For more detailed information visit the Akoma Cooperative Multipurpose Society own website.

Fairtrade Certification

Fairtrade is about fair prices, good working conditions, sustainability and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world. Companies are required to pay sustainable prices (which must never fall lower than the market price) and an additional amount, the Fairtrade Premium,for social and enviromental projects.

About Fairtrade & beauty products

In June 2009 Fairtrade certified UK beauty products first became available. Fairtrade certified beauty products contain Fairtrade certified ingredients (like our Raw Organic Shea Butter) and have been certified by the Fairtrade Foundation to carry the FAIRTRADE Mark.