Same Sky
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SAME SKY is a fair-trade company whose mission is to empower women worldwide and inspire a movement of women empowering women. Founded in 2007, SAME SKY aims to be a part of the global movement lifting women out of poverty by giving them the tools to become entrepreneurs and lead self sustaining lives.
The inaugural project is based in Kigali, Rwanda, a country where women have become a leading voice in the peace process and currently hold 56% of the national parliamentary seats. SAME SKY’s trade-not-aid initiative uses jewellery to effect change in Rwanda – one woman at a time. SAME SKY works with Gahaya Links, a company that employs HIV+ women, all of whom are survivors of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. These women artisans have been trained to crochet and make bracelets using unique hand-blown glass beads. They are given a marketable skill and consistent employment, the two essential factors needed to rebuild their lives and those of their families.
The sale of Same Sky bracelets directly supports these women working in artisan cooperatives in Rwanda. All Same Sky company proceeds are reinvested into expanding the business to other regions of the world and employing more women artisans.
