Protect 30,000 Women's Lives in Ghana Now

As spring comes to the North East and we all anticipate warmth and growth, in Northern Ghana, where our One Village Planet’s Just Shea program is housed there are already crops in and women participating in our Collective. Let us give you some back-story. A few years ago, our founder Danielle Warren, traveled to...

Dear Just Shea family, We write family because supporter is just not enough to express how we feel about the ongoing support you give us. That support allows us to reach out and support women shea harvesters and their families in the village of Gushie, in Northern Ghana. Thanks to your support, the Just Shea Program is...

Coming to you direct from Gushie, where our Project Founder Danielle Warren has been in the field making sure all the gears and parts that are the Just Shea Program machine are well oiled and in place in preparation for the Gushie Women Sheanut Harvesters’ first collective sale.   In late August we had a series...

On June 4th we had our first “Collective Welcome to Summer" to benefit the Just Shea Program under a full moon on the terrace of a fellow GlobalGiving supporter's office in mid-town Manhattan. We were inspired to create this event for our supporters because of the success of our GlobalGiving Campaign. Many of you came...

Just Shea has been working with the women Shea harvesters in Gushie for the last 3 years. Our initial program provided safety gear--boots, coats and gloves--to the harvesters to protect against the ubiquitous snakes. But we always dreamed of constructing a silo, a cooperative barn where the women could store their shea nut...

Dear Global Giving Support Squad— In our last report we shared that, because of your support, we were able to distribute the first 50 sets of safety gear to protect the women sheanut harvesters from snakebites. Not only does this protect them but it actually helps them harvest even more sheanuts. This is great...

Dear Supporters-- Because of your generosity during the Global Giving Challenge we have earned a permnent spot on the Global Giving site, which will give our project broader exposure to inspired donors like you, and increased visibility with corporate giving programs. We cannot thank you enough.  Over the last months...