Pink Pepper Essential Oil - Sourcing Pink Pepper in Kenya (Translated Subtitles)

<<3>> So really what we are trying to do here is to support

<<5>> small holder farming and agriculture all over the country.

<<8>> Right, yesterday we were looking at our Pink Pepper sourcing

<<12>> and I heard about a story, about a woman whose life

<<14>> has been completely changed through sourcing of Pink Pepper.

<<17>> So, we’ve changed our plans, you booked a flight last night

<<20>> with just hours notice, and we want to meet her,

<<23>> we want to understand what Co-Impact Sourcing means to her

<<25>> and her family.

<<35>> ''Pink Pepper Harvester & Mother of 5''

<<39>> 2014.

<<39>> 2014, what happened?

<<42>> A road accident.

<<43>> He was going to work at Nivasha, there.

<<47>> When Veronica got news that she had lost her husband,

<<50>> she was pregnant with her fifth child.

<<52>> Meeting Veronica was incredible, because we were able to see,

<<56>> first hand, the impact that Co-Impact Sourcing

<<60>> has on families in Africa.

<<62>> It was hard to feed my children. I was very stressed.

<<66>> I struggled, very much. Yeah, life was hard.

<<71>> To provide for her children she started making ropes from the fibers of plants.

<<75>> She would make about 200 shillings a day,

<<77>> which is the equivalent of 2 US dollars.

<<81>> Veronica would take these ropes to sell to shop keepers,

<<84>> originally they would buy them because they would feel sorry for her,

<<87>> but overtime they stopped buying her ropes.

<<90>> So, she started taking them to truck drivers

<<93>> to see if they would buy her rope.

<<96>> The truck drivers wouldn’t buy her rope,

<<98>> but they would buy something else

<<100>> and she found herself having to give away

<<104>> her dignity and her respect

<<106>> and the only way she had to provide for her children.

<<111>> Veronica and Lucia were friends, they had a

<<114>> common bond because they had both lost their husbands.

<<117>> As they were sitting in front of the shops, wondering what they

<<120>> were going to do to provide for their families.

<<123>> Kigo came and he offered them an opportunity to harvest Pink Pepper.

<<129>> That’s how we met. They were just sitting in front of the shop

<<132>> and I said hi to them

<<134>> and I said I have seen a lot of trees here which have got a lot of

<<136>> Pink Pepper seed on them

<<139>> and I think you ladies you can be able to do that.

<<142>> He told me to leave this job. There isn’t enough money.

<<146>> I told her maybe try the Pink Pepper.

<<149>> You might make slightly more than that.

<<151>> She told me some of the children were at home

<<154>> and they hadn’t gone to school.

<<156>> Even that day I gave her some advance.

<<159>> I told her I would cover it from the seed we would get later.

<<162>> So, you gave her a little bit of an advance, you took a risk

<<165>> on her, and then she delivered some Pink Pepper.

<<168>> The following day she had like 20 kilos.

<<171>> Really? The next day?!

<<172>> My first time.

<<176>> Since Veronica started harvesting Pink Pepper she now

<<179>> makes 1500 shillings a day on average, versus

<<183>> two or three hundred shillings a day before.

<<187>> I like to work. I don’t like to stay idol

<<192>> and when you stay idol and when you gossip,

<<195>> your children will sleep without anything in their stomach.

<<200>> So I like to work.

<<204>> Veronica and Lucy are just two examples of

<<206>> the hundreds if not thousands of lives that are and will be

<<210>> impacted by the harvest of Pink Pepper.

<<212>> That’s why we do Co-Impact Sourcing. It will always be

<<215>> about the individual and how we can make their lives better.

<<220>> That job is good. Because this time I afforded to rent.

<<227>> I afforded to eat. I afforded to cover my children. My family.

<<234>> I thank Mr. Kigo

<<239>> and I'm thankful for all of you.