By Laura Egan | Founder/CEO
As 2016 winds to a close, we're thrilled to bring you news of three big milestones!
1) The launch of our new online marketplace, Yunmi
Yunmi is founded on the idea that enterprise can bring people together to create big social change.
‘Yunmi’ means ‘You and Me’ in Kriol - a language that has emerged in northern Australia as a means of communicating across Aboriginal cultures and between English-speakers.
The Aboriginal entrepreneurs creating the products in our marketplace are driving change within their communities across remote Australia. They are creating new jobs, reconnecting young people with country, creating pride and offering their unique culture to the market.
Behind every product is an inspiring story, unique to the culture, knowledge and traditions of that person’s community. By buying from yumni you can share in this rich knowledge, and support the economic empowerment of Aboriginal people in remote Australia.
2) Gulbarn Tea's new packaging and website
Gulbarn Tea is a social enterprise incubated by ELP that aims to increase and promote the social and economic empowerment of the Alawa people. Gulbarn Tea is a uniquely Australian aromatic tea, made from the dried leaves of the melaleuca citrolens plant. It is fast becoming a hit with tea fans across Australia. With the support of ELP, Gulbarn has developed new packaging and created a website to share gulbarn with the world.
3) ELP's newest venture, Magpie Goose, takes off
Magpie Goose is a fashion venture that creates simple bold fashion pieces from hand screen printed fabric from Aboriginal arts centres in the Top End, in order to foster Aboriginal entrepreneurship in the fashion industry.
We've been busy sourcing fabric from existing social enterprises in four remote communities and have just created our first range of pieces to introduce Magpie Goose to savvy fashionistas across the world. With the facebook page and instagram set up, the next step is to create a website and online store so that we can
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