Hiring Yosi (COO) Habtam (Yosi’s Assistant)
Promoting Demis to Henok’s personal assistant
Hiring 6 new ladies this year!
Contracting 5 teenage girls to make earrings, keychains, ornaments, luggage tags
“Through buying our products, you are helping restore dignity to women and helping preserve families in Ethiopia. It’s more than a bag. It’s someone’s name. It’s someone’s story. It’s someone’s confidence.”
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Read More"I have been working in Carry 117 for almost 2 years now. I’m thankful for the women that I get to work with and the amazing relationship I have with them. I am thankful that I now have a life that isn't full of ups and downs, and I have a lot fewer worries…”
After the Carry 117 Mission Trip came in January of this year, and I heard about the idea of having Carry 117 House Parties, I couldn’t quite predict how it was going to be. I had never gone to one of these things before, because we don’t really have something like that in our culture. So I thought it would be a small thing. I wasn’t sure how many people it would reach, if it would be worth it because there would be people from all over the country reaching out and we would need to deal with shipping and communication and small sales, etc.
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"For years, the trash from all five million of the people who live in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia, has been dumped in the village called Korah. Many of these people wear the scars of leprosy, are battling HIV, or are struggling to survive due to the sickness and disease that exists in this community. The name of the village itself actually means “cursed.” But the reality is…
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We just wrapped up an incredible season in Ethiopia of many teams coming to visit us, serve us, and spend time with us over the past five months. And although each and every one of those teams was a blessing in different ways, I want to highlight one of those teams—our friends from St. Joseph Christian School in St. Joseph, Missouri. They have been sending teams for years, so I have built a really solid relationship with this community.
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Happy Fall! Every year around this time, we try to introduce some new products, new colors, and new patterns into the mix, and we retire some of the older or less popular ones. One other thing we have started to be more intentional about doing is personalizing the product for the customer.
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