THANK YOU ....

A HELPING HAND IS WORTH ........

..... a long term effect on creating jobs.

HOW DO YOU RELEASE STRESS?

With a bar of chocolate?
As a Ghanaian, being laid back is part of my "makeup". I am however huffing and puffing a lot this week. Stress is not good for me. I don't know if working in a very cold place is affecting this or the fact that most of my supplies have not been delivered.
Thankfully, I have been chomping on some Ghanaian chocolates - boosts my spirit because of the pure cocoa butter content. Well, that is my guilty pleasure :) You can share my guilty pleasure with a 55% off a bite of the BEST chocolate IMHO.

I would love to know how you handle stress - do drop me a line.

THOU SHALL SAVE

We have kick started our 6th birthday "celebrations" with this offer. Come and grab your goodie bag.

PURE UNREFINED SHEABUTTER

Don't get fed-up hearing me praise the moisturising effect of pure unrefined sheabutter. I spoke to an 83yr old male customer of mine on Wednesday who swears by our unrefined sheabutter.

Here is a repost from our facebook fan-page [09.Jan.10] on how to use this lovely natural ingredient:
Most of us are feeling the chill this winter due to unprecedented weather conditions. Use pure unrefined sheabutter to moisturise your skin/hair against the cold weather.

* Use as a lip balm - just apply as often as needed. This creates a barrier against the wind/cold. You can still use it to help soothe cracked lips.

* Facial moisturiser Use all day. With the radiators on at full blast, you can massage a little bit of pure unrefined sheabutter even at night just before you sleep. Just make sure your face is fully cleansed.

* Heels Don't neglect the heels. Keep them soft as you wear socks and boots to keep you warm.

* Hands Apply some pure unrefined sheabutter on your hands before wearing those thermal gloves. Some gloves can dry your hands in this weather.

* Hair Apply to the hair before wearing the hat. Don't forget around your ears as well. Even if you are bald, it is good to massage some shea onto that patch.

* Body aches With all the snow shovel, it is great to get yourself a massage with pure unrefined sheabutter - it helps to loosen those body aches.

* Nose Yes, there seems to be a lot of sniffles. Massage a bit of shea butter around your nose as it tends to dry out.

* Chest You can massage onto your chest as it also acts as a decongestant - even better if you have some eucalyptus essential oil to add.

MUMPRENEUR NOMINATION

Happy New Year. Please help me kick start this new year/decade with a mumpreneur nomination - there are 6 categories.

I have been nominated for The Mumpreneur Awards 2010. I am in with a chance of being short-listed for one of the 8 awards. Awards close for nominations on August 2nd 2010. Thanks for your support

HELPING HAND

This year has flown by and as we close the last chapters of 2009, I just wanted to thank you for all your support and bring you up to date with our helping hand programme.

2009 saw us adopting a shea co-op in Gumu - Northern Ghana. We set a target to raise enough funds for this co-op on 8th October and managed to hit the target (100.2%) by 8th December. Thanks to your support and a very kind donation, the total amount raised so far is 120.7% of our target.

These are some photos showing progress:

 

We hope to purchase their first shea production early next year.

Vele is a young disabled boy from Swaziland who we support through education and recently received these photos including his school report. We are very proud of him.

After waiting for what seemed eternal, I finally signed documents for the formation of our Ghanaian based company [NGO/Charity]. This will be to help meet the psychosocial needs of disadvantaged and vulnerable children.

 

As we say in Ghana, mi daasi paa. Thank you very very much.