EMPOWERING WOMEN

Each Afari product sold directly benefits the women harvesting our Bulbine frutescens in rural Limpopo, South Africa.
This incredible team of female harvesters receives a 1% share of turnover each year.

As an Afari customer, you keep this circle of upliftment flowing.

Meet the Harvesters

Maria Malepane

Role: Lab supervisor

What do you love about your job?
Maria is motivated by the fact that she is creating products that will help people heal.

Hopes for the future:
She hopes that her children will enter the professional world as healthcare workers, where they can help others. 

Florah Makobela

Role: Producer

What do you love about your job?
Florah enjoys learning new skills and putting them into practice.

Hopes for the future:
She hope's her child's ambition will be realised when they become a policeman or doctor.

Pascaline Mashabela

Role: Harvesting and processing

What do you love about your job?
Pascaline likes to challenge herself. She enjoys the sense of accomplishment when she surpasses her daily production goal. 

Hopes for the future:
She hopes her children will pass matric and attend university.

Anna Kobola

Role: Cleaner

What do you love about your job? 
Keeping everything clean and organised helps the team work efficiently.

Hopes for the future:
Anna would like to see both her children complete their education and enter the professional world.

Violet Marakalala

Role: Harvesting and processing

What do you love about your job?
The continuous opportunity to learn new skills and grow.

Hopes for the future:
Violet hopes that her 4 children will become doctors, policemen and teachers so that they can take care of her when she's a pensioner.

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