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Today I thought we'd focus on Soul of Somanya, based in Somanya-Krobo, 
Ghana. This fair trade company is "working hard to develop sustainable employment opportunities in the field of bead work for working-age orphans and other young people whose job prospects are very limited by their lack of family support and/or limited levels of education."
While the bead work and jewelry creation takes place in Ghana, marketing is handled halfway around the world in Mobile, Alabama! Soul of Somanya took its first baby steps in June 2008, when it hired 8 local young people to make jewelry and other beaded items. Most of the employees are working-age orphans who lack the support networks and career opportunities available to those with a family business to enter. In addition to offering sustainable, fairly paid work for these people with very limited career options, Soul of Somanya pays retail wages to local bead-makers who supply the beads used in the jewelry. This helps these bead-makers increase their profit margins and sustain their businesses.
Ghana. This fair trade company is "working hard to develop sustainable employment opportunities in the field of bead work for working-age orphans and other young people whose job prospects are very limited by their lack of family support and/or limited levels of education."While the bead work and jewelry creation takes place in Ghana, marketing is handled halfway around the world in Mobile, Alabama! Soul of Somanya took its first baby steps in June 2008, when it hired 8 local young people to make jewelry and other beaded items. Most of the employees are working-age orphans who lack the support networks and career opportunities available to those with a family business to enter. In addition to offering sustainable, fairly paid work for these people with very limited career options, Soul of Somanya pays retail wages to local bead-makers who supply the beads used in the jewelry. This helps these bead-makers increase their profit margins and sustain their businesses.
Below I've posted pictures of the beads ("made from recycled glass...produced in open-sided, thatch-roofed huts, using traditional, labor-intensive methods" and, most importantly, of Soul of Somanya staff.
Come see us and check out our beads!
Come see us and check out our beads!
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