 | Social Impact & Special Achievements | | | Alaffia, USA produces skin care products made primarily from ingredients from Alaffia, Togo, a co-operative originally established to support local communities and shea nut collectors. The owner originally starting the co-operative in his native country, Togo West Africa to pay shea nut collectors above market value and employ women of the village year round in shea butter production.
When buyers were not ready to pay above market price for shea butter, supporting fair trade wages, Alaffia, USA was established to produce shea butter skin care products. Over the years, additional ingredients have been added to production in Togo, subsequently expanding the line of skin care products made in the US. This makes the co-op and finishing facility in the US interdependent, continually supporting the Togo community in reforestation projects, health care of pregnant mothers and sending donated bikes from the US to allow rural children to remain in city/village schools.
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