In order to produce the beautiful products we all use and love each day the communities behind the ingredients are a vital foundation. ⁠ ⁠ Baraka Impact is our partner in sourcing our Shea Butter. Baraka Shea Butter is a small Canadian/Ghanaian family-owned business located on Vancouver Island in Canada and founded by husband and wife team, Wayne Dunn (Canadian/Irish), and Gifty Serbeh-Dunn (Ghanaian/Canadian). They believe that business can and should be a force for good, integrating social value, business value, and environmental stewardship.⁠ ⁠ Baraka means “thank you” in Wali, a Ghanaian language with approximately One hundred and forty thousand speakers in north-western Ghana, where we source Baraka Shea Butter. However, the word Baraka also belongs to other languages and cultures, bridging divides that exist in the world today.