Hadithi Crafts: Turning Stories of Hope into Lasting Change
Hadithi Crafts Support CBO is a community-based artisan enterprise that weaves together wildlife conservation, sustainability, and traditional craft while creating jobs in rural Kenya. Launched in 2014 with 500 women, Hadithi now works with around 1900 artisans, who support over 10,000 family members, living in the communities surrounding Tsavo, a critical ecosystem for elephants and other wildlife. By offering sustainable livelihoods, Hadithi helps protect wildlife and preserve the delicate balance of nature in the Tsavo national parks in southeastern Kenya.
2025 Market Development Grants
R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund Announces 2025 Market Development Grants!
R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund is proud to announce the recipients of its Market Development Grant Program for 2025. The program supports artisan enterprises with a clear mission to increase incomes to underserved communities, preserve traditional craft techniques, and address the environmental impact of their production.
Sprout Enterprise® Impact Report 2024: Expanding Opportunities
The Alchemy of Enterprise
Investing in artisan enterprises improves the quality of life and creates a sustainable future for rural communities in emerging markets.
These rural communities are often marginalized or indigenous communities. The communities lack basic infrastructure, like paved roads, electricity or water and sanitation systems. Basic services like health care or schools may be unavailable or unaffordable. Men must migrate to distant cities for work leaving women and children behind. Their families are dependent on remittances which may be infrequent or insufficient.
By investing in artisan enterprises, we help to create sustainable livelihoods in these remote communities. Local teams are trained and developed with the business skills to manage these enterprises which become economic drivers of the local economies.