In addition to shea butter, the soap contains shea honey — bees are crucial both as a food source for birds, and for pollinating shea trees so that they'll produce nuts. Collecting nuts and processing them into shea butter is traditionally done by women. Birds, Bees & Business helps them improve their production process, organize as cooperatives and find international buyers willing to pay a premium for sustainable shea butter.
Savannezeep not only integrates habitat restoration, wildlife conservation and economic development, but connects producers in West Africa with consumers in Western Europe by way of birds that call both continents home.
