Welcome to The African Fair Trade Society

The African Fair Trade Society is a socially conscious organization that imports the highest quality Shea or Karite Butter from West Africa. This Shea Butter is sold in health stores and online and is used to help employ hundreds of West African women, which in turn helps them to support their families and themselves. Currently the African Fair Trade Society is helping to provide employment for women living in villages in Senegal and Guinea.

Poverty is an enormous and complex problem. To properly fight poverty and help build sustainable communities in West Africa, the African Fair Trade Society deals directly with communities using traditional rulers, village heads and town unions. They make policies that have a direct bearing on poor people, especially those living in rural areas. By dealing directly with communities, funds will go directly to people who need them the most.

All projects take hard work and faith, we are building an organization that hopes to change and shape the dynamics of the world. Our mission is to allow the people of Africa to attain a level of achievement that they might not reach without the African Fair Trade Society.

Every purchase of our Shea Butter helps to support villages in West Africa. Our products are produced in an environmentally sensitive manner without being tested on animals.

News

6/09/2008 - Fall Health Show and Thank You: Thank you to everyone who came out and supported us at the PNE this year, it was another great success. This fall we will be on location at the Vancouver Health Show and the Creative Craft Fair. Hope to see there.

Vancouver Health Show - October 25 & 26 2008.

Creative Craft Fair - November 7 - 9 2008.

18/08/2008 - PNE Reminder: The African Fair Trade Society is on location at the PNE and would love to see you all there. Come out and support our great Fair Trade organization.

The Fair at the PNE - August 16 to September 2008.

16/07/2008 - New Labels. Even More Products: The African Fair Trade Society has increased its product line with two new soaps, Original Pure and Original Black; an Unscented Lotion and a new Rose Scented Body Cream.

The entire African Fair Trade Society line of organic shea butter products now have new branding and labels. Developed by Emdoubleyu Design of Vancouver who donated their design services to the African Fair Trade Society, the new packaging features authentic Senegalese art depicting traditional activities of the villagers who produce and benefit from the production of the shea butter.

All our containers are certified bisphenol-free and are recycleable.