Our Mission

Our Mission is to provide rural Kenyans with a source of income generation, a marketable skill, and basic business principles, while producing an inexpensive, reliable bar of soap for hand-washing, in order to promote good hygiene practices in the rural communities of Nyanza Province, Kenya.

Update!!

Furaha Soap makers are now producing liquid soap!! Since learning the process and buying the materials to make the liquid soap, they have produced 42 jerricans full (each jerrican holds about 10 liters of soap)! In one day, they made 1500ksh selling the soap! It lathers, has anti-bacterial properties, is easy on the skin, and is inexpensive to produce. People in and around Lwala love the soap!

A beginning!

Furaha Soap was started in July, 2010, and currently employs 8 individuals from Lwala, Kenya, and surrounding communities. Furaha Soap is made from natural, locally available resources in Kenya and has all the same cleansing properties, fragrance, and skin benefits of a typical bar of soap. We are proud to say that 100% of profit made from soap sells goes directly to Kenya; to support the soap makers. Extra profit will go to expanding the business and supporting water, sanitation, and hygiene projects in Lwala and surrounding communities.

Pictured below is a batch of rosemary soap made from locally grown rosemary essential oil and leaves, naturally occurring limestone and sodium bi-carbonate from hot springs near Lake Victoria, animal fat from a local butcher, and vegetable oil. 

If you're interested in purchasing a bar of Furaha Soap, contact the business at FurahaSoapMakers@yahoo.com (in Kenya) or Hannah Spring at hspring89@gmail.com (USA). 
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