Women's Enterprise

NAME: Zabaga Sumaini
VILLAGE: Dulzugu
NO OF CHILDREN:
ENROLLMENT DATE/MONTH/YEAR: 2019
BENEFIT FROM RIPPLES: this is my first time participating in a shea butter production training. The training would help many of us who always produce poor quality shea butter. The trainer made us see how a kneading machine can take over the stress of sitting for hours to knead shea butter.
CHANGES TO LIFE: We wish Ripples foundation can get us a kneading machine at our processing center, I believe with the kneading machine, I can increase my production from 2 bags a week to 10 bags a week . I am so impressed with what I have learnt from Ripples.

NAME: Samata Alhassan
VILLAGE: Salamba
NO OF CHILDREN:
ENROLLMENT DATE/MONTH/YEAR: 2019
BENEFIT FROM RIPPLES: I have learned many new things from Ripples training – This is the first time I have seen a kneading machine. They demonstrated to us how to wash the shea kernels, check the presence of moisture in the butter during the second boiling. The filtering was interesting to learn about because I have never done it that way. I have never taught shea butter can be produced under charcoal fire.
CHANGES TO LIFE:  My name is Samata Alhassan from the Salamba shea butter processing center, I joined the Ripples program in 2019. I have learnt many new things today. This is the first time I have seen a kneading machine. They demonstrated to us how to wash the shea kernels, check the presence of moisture in the butter during the second boiling. The filtering was interesting to learn about because I have never done it that way. I have never taught shea butter can be produced under charcoal fire. The sorting was well illustrated to us. I believe when I go home, I can explain and demonstrate how to process quality shea butter to my group members.

NAME: Fuseina Yakubu
VILLAGE: Gumo
NO OF CHILDREN: 7 children, 5 children in school.
ENROLLMENT DATE/MONTH/YEAR: 2018
BENEFIT FROM RIPPLES: I joined the Ripples program in 2018, I have participated in some of Ripples training. I like Ripples training because it is practical, you can easily practice on your own after the training.
CHANGES TO LIFE:  I started to produce shea butter for the past 8 years. The business is very helpful to me and my household, I support my children’s education, provide food for the house and still able to make savings.  With Ripples, I have learnt how to roasts crushed nuts using charcoal and how to boil shea butter using charcoal. I saw the difference when you wash the kernels three times compared to my usual way of washing only once. I was shocked to see that sorting the nuts really makes a big difference on the quality and quantity of the shea butter even after boiling, a very small amount of the waste remains in the pot. The butter looks very neat and the production procedures look simply.