Partnership in Community: Azizi Life CEO Jeannine Featured on the HER with Amena Brown Podcast

10th September 2019/by Emily Elizabeth

In July 2019, Azizi Life CEO Jeannine Umutoniwase sat down with HER podcast host, author, recording artist, and poet Amena Brown over Skype to discuss being a woman of color in leadership. Amena, a repeat Azizi Life Experiences visitor and proud supporter of Rwandan artisans, talks with Jeannine about how her upbringing and her work as a guest house manager prepared her for leading an organization. In discussing her work with Azizi Life, Jeannine talks about the importance of empowering women and the lessons she’s learned as a CEO. We hope you enjoy their conversation about Azizi Life, Rwandan culture, and working with Rwandan artisans. Don’t forget to read or listen all the way through for a special promo code!

Listen to Amena and Jeannine’s HER interview now on iTunes and Stitcher. Read a transcript of the episode at AmenaBrown.com.

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Our Artisan
Partners

Across the hills of Rwanda, groups of rural artisans are working to bring hope to their families through skillfully handcrafted goods. Azizi Life partners with over 60 independent groups- a total of over 760 artisan partners. Rising from the horrors of genocide, artisans from all backgrounds have joined together once again through their craft. Each artisan cooperative specializes in hand crafting products using specific techniques and raw materials. Azizi Life is honored to partner with these women and men, collaborating to connect makers, designers, and customers around the world.

Our
Products

We love serving your vision for beauty and meaning in the gifts you give, what you wear, and how you decorate. Azizi Life serves as a bridge, partnering with artisans and designers to offer high quality, ethically-sourced goods for life and gifting. Products are crafted by hand using local, natural, and renewable materials. Our modern and traditional collections include baskets, woven bowls, home décor, tabletop, woven jewelry, and bags. Azizi Life offers products to US customers from our warehouse in Exton, Pennsylvania, as well as FOB sales directly from Rwanda.

Our
Mission

Azizi Life is a fair trade organization which partners with Rwandan artisans to bring beautifully designed, hand crafted goods to the world. As a not-for-profit organization, Azizi Life is dedicated to the wellbeing of our artisan partners and their families. In addition to opening economic opportunity through fair trade, Azizi Life invests in a range of community impact projects. Our Rwandan-led team facilitates adult literacy classes and offers other practical resources for personal, spiritual, and economic growth.