December 01, 2015

Gift To Empower

December 1^st through 24^th, join us to…

Shop handmade & beautiful.

Buy something you love.

Save.

And Do Good.

YVIE is partnering up with Humanity Unified this holiday season to celebrate the spirit of female empowerment, human togetherness, and making a difference.

We will be hosting a creative challenge: to bring you 24 days of unique one-of-a-kind handcrafted designs, one new design revealed each day in the shop [click here to view], available for purchase at a special price of $100---and 50% of all items sold will be used to help empower 100 Rwandan women living in extreme poverty through a farming cooperative project that will provide education, tools, seed and storage, food security and business skills training.

Humanity Unified is a for-profit enterprise that works with Humanity Unified International, a non-profit, to raise funds for Aspire and other local organizations running impactful programs that empower people with the skill and knowledge they need to rise out of poverty.

Rwanda is one of the most densely populated countries in Africa, where gender equality issues run deep, land rights have only recently been granted to women, and the 1994 genocide (which targeted men) created a large group of widows and orphaned girls that were displaced or kicked off of their small family farms by distant male relatives who were legally allowed to take it over.

It is my belief that the most loving and powerful way to help others is by giving them a hand up, not a hand out. HU International is doing just that. The goal is to strengthen communities through equipping women with literacy and vocational training in sustainable agriculture methods, which in turn provides them and their families with the independence to gain food security and economic opportunities for themselves.

“Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity; it is an act of justice.”----Nelson Mandela

As I live a life blessed with peace, love, and security…I am none-the-less aware that there are many who are struggling to live amidst circumstances with few to no options towards these basic and foundational needs in life. Thus, I hope you will find joy and entertainment in this design challenge—as we count down to Christmas Day together—and if something catches your eye and steals your heart along the way, buy it for yourself or for a loved one…and take part in walking the first steps towards the promise for real change in the world.

Check out the Daily Design (here) - starting Tuesday December 1st!

To learn more about Humanity Unified and their story.