BME Concern, a UK registeredcharity which delivers its projects in Africa under the nameRipples in Africa, and currently operatesas Ripples Ghana, Ripples Cameroon and Ripples Nigeria. Ripples supports over 5, 300 women in the 3 countries, giving thema 'Hand-up', and not a'Hand-out', offering training to help them towork their way out of poverty. Ripples is expanding to moreAfrican countries, but continue to be challenged by the lack offunds to help these desperately poor African villagewomen.The average village womanhas no access to basic amenities; no water, light or accessibleroads. They have 5-14 children, with over 50% mortalityrate. Many children don’t make it to their 5th birthday. Fromage 5, they walk 6-7 miles to fetch water, peddle/hawk tocontribute to the family income, and have to endure a 6 mile roundtrip walk to go to School, to get educated.The African village womanlive on less than a $1/day, has no access to capital, no help, andmost are the breadwinners for their families. These are very hardworking women, just surviving and trying to feed their children andput them through school, against all these odds.Our Charity supports theAfrican village women by offering them Micro-finance underour Village Enterprise Programme, to set uptheir own businesses. Giving them a ‘Hand-up, and not a‘Hand-out’. Many women are skilled in managing on verylimited funds. With support and training from the RipplesBusiness Team, they’re trained on skills to help them increasetheir productivity, maintain standards and manage their receive.Ripples village women run various businesses including theproduction of Shea butter, Cocoa butter and Moringaoil.You can make change happen,change the course of the lives of a generation, and make povertyhistory in future generation in African villages by buying youroils and butters from Ripples supported villages andcommunities Organisations who supportBME Concern/Ripples can benefit by: Buying premium, grade A butters and oils assured of the quality of the products Funding Micro-financing and giving poor village women the chance to work their way out of poverty; giving a ‘Hand-up. ‘Adopting an African Village’ provides the evidence of your corporate responsibility, providing much needed amenities that change lives and offer opportunity to the next generation, and breaking the circle of poverty. Receiving evidence of your how your * is spent as shown in photos and videos of the villages you support; evidence you can use for promoting products you make using products the butters and oils produced by our African women Having and using Ripples Chatter mark, that confirms your support to the African village woman and her desire to work and give her children and family a better life.
