Karibelle shea butter is imported directly from the Union des productrices de produits karité de la Sissili et du Ziro (UGPPK/S-Z). The Union encompasses hundreds of rural women from the provinces of Sissili and Ziro, in southern Burkina Faso. Union members depend on shea butter revenues to satisfy their basic family needs.

Throughout poor countries of the world, women’s economic empowerment is a determining factor in improving educational levels and women’s social status, reducing fertility rates, prolonging life expectancies, and promoting overall economic development.

Karibelle shea butter is purchased according to the principles of fair trade. This implies that producers are paid equitable prices for their products and that production techniques are environmentally sustainable. Producers of Karibelle shea butter are members of a democratic producer cooperative, and have safe and dignified working conditions. The cooperative reinvests its profits into the village community. Improved remuneration also increases producers’ incentives to protect the shea tree, thereby leading to the species’ conservation.

Please opt for fairly traded products whenever possible!