Skip to contentNotes from the Field – Madam Rabi – Ghana

Background:
- Single mother, 4 kids, lived below the poverty line but made shea butter to scrape by
- Most women in her area could not afford to start a shea butter business, struggled even more and could not send their kids to school

Solution:
- Ripples hired Madam Rabi as the team lead to help them start a Shea Butter co-op

Impact:
- The co-op grew to 7K women and exports across Africa and Europe
- Madam Rabi sent all her kids to school; the eldest just graduated and has a job
- She is a respected community. leader and role model – even meeting with the Ghana VP