Amani ya Juu

Amani Family Update: Government Shutdown

Due to all of the recent dramatic occurrences in the United States, especially in the nation’s capital, we wanted to check in with our AmaniDC family and get a sense of how they were being affected...

BIG NEWS!!!

We are now OFFICIAL members of the Fair Trade Federation!  Since Amani ya Juu began 17 years ago, we’ve held ourselves to a higher standard of ethics. Amani has always gone above and beyond standa...

Rahab's Paper Beads

The women who come through Amani ya Juu do not always stay. In fact,  Amani often considers it a success when a woman moves beyond our gates. Some businesses, like Rahab’s Paper Beads, are formed b...

Amani Family Update: Westgate Mall Attack

Amani ya Juu was founded in Kenya, where today, about 100 women produce high-quality products and work towards becoming agents of peace in their community. In the aftermath of the horrific attack a...

Raw Art Letterpress

[caption id="attachment_2924" align="aligncenter" width="560"] Colette's is selling a Swahili print and cards as a fundraiser for Amani ya Juu (rawartletterpress.com)[/caption] "I have been so ble...

Ashlee: on amani and the importance of buying handmade

Amani ya Juu's center in Liberia recently had a visit from our country director's sister and friend, Ashlee. Ashlee runs a wonderful blog, Where my Heart Resides, and recently created a beautiful p...

An Update on Lucy and Jerita's trip to Liberia

A few weeks ago, we interviewed our sisters Lucy and Jerita at our Kenya center and posted a blog about their adventure in Liberia. Read that post here: Lucy and Jerita go to Liberia. Below  are a ...

Ashlee: wonderful and amazing and hard

Our friend Ashlee just returned from a trip to our Liberia center, where she spent time with our seamstresses, the Amani Girls Club of Liberia, and children from Mother Betty Jonah Orphanage. Read ...

A Taste of Africa

A Night of African Cooking A few of the women at Amani's Washington, DC office got together to brush up on their African cooking skills. We settled on Samosas and Peanut soup. These recipes allowed...

Ashlee: Home Sweet Home

This post is from Ashlee's blog, Where My Heart Resides. Ashlee just returned from a trip to our center in Liberia. Read the original post on her blog here. A New York bagel slathered in cream che...