We return a minimum of 10% of Beautiful Curls sales to fund our Alaffia community projects in Togo, West Africa aimed at alleviating poverty and advancing gender equality. Our projects target problems we have identified as holding back communities, such as exclusion from education, maternal deaths and environmental degradation. Our community empowerment projects include:

• Bicycles for Education - Since 2005, we have collected and distributed over 4,000 used bicycles to disadvantaged students in Togo so they can get to and from school.
• Maternal Health - Each year, Alaffia provides pre and post natal care to 700 women in central Togo to help reduce high maternal death rates in West Africa.
• School Supplies & Repairs - Alaffia donates metal roofs, seats and school supplies to schools in rural Togo to help communities education their youth.
• Reforestation & Environment - We plant 4,000 trees a year and build biogas units to combat effects of climate change and deforestation.

To contribute to our community empowerment projects by donation, please visit us at www.alaffia.com.