Happy Friday Fembers — Next week I will be back on track with more detailed discussions on women and careers, but before I do –
I wanted to write a heart warming story about women who became business women in order to help support women in their community. Kazuri beads [http://www.kazuri.com] were originally made by two Kenyan women in the town of Karen* [located just outside of Nairobi]. These handcrafted beads generated local employment for women and created beautiful jewlery pieces that is now desired worldwide [Kazuri in USA]. I know that I love my Kazuri beads that were purchased at the factory site!
Ladies, join the sisterhood — if we can’t help each other then who will?
*As a side note, the town of Karen was named after Karen Blixen the Danish author who wrote Out of Africa [which went on to be a movie starring Meryl Streep]. Just one more fact: For the film several typical safari animals were brought into Lake Naivasha and because of this you can actually walk up to these animals in absence of fear!
