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#68 Akola: Empowering women through jewelry-making

#68 Akola: Empowering women through jewelry-making

FromRetail Gets Real


#68 Akola: Empowering women through jewelry-making

FromRetail Gets Real

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Length:
21 minutes
Released:
Jul 23, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Brittany Underwood’s first visit to Uganda as a college student completely changed the course of her life. “I had never witnessed extreme poverty,” she says, and she just wanted to help. Fifteen years later, her nonprofit Akola Project helps hundreds of women through the creation, distribution and sale of handmade jewelry. In this episode, Underwood describes how Akola is on its way to achieving its mission of becoming the leading global retail brand that creates economic opportunity and transforms communities by empowering at-risk women. Learn more at www.nrf.com/RetailGetsReal
Released:
Jul 23, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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