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If 15 People Purchase a Gift Set for $22, Then Prosperity Candle Can Provide a Living Wage for Three Iraqi Businesswomen

(Grassroots) Prosperity Candle
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Talicia
9 years ago
I loved the candle and the idea of this company helping these refugees make a live of there own. I will continue to buy candles from prosperity for years to come. Sending a note to the lady who made mine this week!
  • Invests in businesswomen
  • Handcrafted candles
  • Crafter bios on site
  • Crafter name on each candle

Prosperity Candle is a social enterprise that invests in female entrepreneurs all around the world who have been affected by conflict, poverty, and natural disasters. The organization provides female participants with the tools they need to start and run a profitable business that produces handcrafted candles and candle accessories, which Prosperity Candle sells in its online shop. Thanks to the enterprise's scalable nature, female business owners can provide jobs to other women in their communities as businesses grow. With today’s G-Team campaign, for $22 you get a gift set of two 3"x4" pillar candles (a $35 value).

The 3"x4" pillar candle is a handmade soy blend wax candle ready to illuminate both indoor and outdoor ambiences. Meticulous fingers cover wicks in unscented berry-colored wax to craft the candles that burn for more than 80 hours. Each candle arrives labeled with the name of the woman who made it, and bios available online shed further light upon each candle crafter's background. Candle recipients are encouraged to send a note to the women who made them. If 15 G-Team members purchase a gift set, then Prosperity Candle can provide a day’s living wage to three of the female entrepreneurs living in Iraq who helped to produce them. Each additional $110 raised will fund another day’s living wage for one woman.

Unlike traditional Groupon deals, G-Team campaigns typically don't offer you a "discount" or "savings." So "buyer" beware—when you click "Buy" to donate your time or money to a worthwhile G-Team cause, the only discount you may receive is 100% off free, priceless karma. Read more about G-Team.

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Promotional value expires Dec 2, 2011. Amount paid never expires. Limit 1 per person, may buy 3 additional as gifts. Limit 4 per order. Please allow 5-7 business days for order to ship. 100% of donations go directly to Prosperity Candle. Donations are automatically applied. See G-Team FAQs that apply to this campaign. Merchant is solely responsible to purchasers for the care and quality of the advertised goods and services. Learn about Strike-Through Pricing and Savings

About (Grassroots) Prosperity Candle

In 2012, FastCompany placed Siiri Morley in its “League of Extraordinary Women.” The distinction is certainly deserved. Three years prior, Ms. Morley helped co-launch a program in Iraq that provided 50 women with jobs as candle makers and paid them a living wage in a safe workplace. The program included on-the-job training in candle-making as well as the basics of running a small business, equipping the women for future entrepreneurial pursuits. Ms. Morley and her cofounders soon expanded the scope of their program, bringing it back home to Easthampton and giving it a name: Prosperity Candles. Stateside, Prosperity Candles employs female refugees from Bhutan and Burma and guarantees the same workplace rights enjoyed by their coworkers in Iraq.

Prosperity Candles is not a charity. The female artisans work hard to produce beautiful, sweet-smelling candles that can be enjoyed in the home or given as a gift, keeping the company from relaying on outside funding. Each candle arrives on doorsteps with the story of the woman who crafted it, so recipients might reach out to her and offer their encouragement.

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