Fair Trade
Handmade by Friendship Bridge provides skills, learning experiences, education, and technical assistance to empower women artisan entrepreneurs of Friendship Bridge to reach their potential to sell their handmade products independently in local, national, and international markets. All Handmade by Friendship Bridge products, including handbags, jewelry, scarves, home decor, and ornaments are made in accordance with Fair Trade guidelines. Visit Handmade by Friendship Bridge here. (Note: Friendship Bridge is a former Together Women Rise grantee.)
FairTrade Caravans is a social enterprise believing in people and planet before profit and passionate about the way fundraising is done and how products are purchased. It partners with schools and nonprofits giving back 25% of sales while supporting artisans and farmers around the world. Its fair trade products are made or grown with no child labor, fair wages, safe working conditions, and sustainable practices, ensuring that the producers – many of whom are women – have the opportunity to better themselves, their families, and their communities. Together Women Rise will receive 25% of all sales purchased through this link.
Books
Fiction
The River and the Source by Margaret A. Ogola
A classic work of African literature, this novel follows four generations of Luo women from pre- through post-colonial Kenya. Kenyan author Margaret A. Ogola brings together history with the themes of women’s empowerment and changing cultural experience.
Non-Fiction
Play Like A Girl: How a Soccer School in Kenya’s Slums Started a Revolution
by Ellie Roscher
Author Ellie Roscher uses the creation and ultimate success of the Kibera Girl’s Soccer Academy as a framework to illustrate the need for multi-faceted support to improve girls’ lives – and how sports can be an entry point and springboard.
Unbowed: A Memoir by Wangari Maathai
Wangari Maathai’s inspirational memoir about her life as a social, environmental and political activist in Kenya. Maathai was a single mother of three and the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize (2004)
Gamechanger – See the KGSA Drama Club perform (2023)
