Cultivation Projects
Shea Butter from Burkina Faso
Women´s gold: Shea butter
Shea butter is women's business. When the time comes round for making shea butter, also known as karité, the women assemble at a central place in their village which is specially set up for this purpose. The harvested nuts are dried and shelled, heated in a clay oven and then pounded in mortars. The resulting mass is mixed with water and beaten for about 45 minutes. The butter separates and can be skimmed off (the process is comparable to churning milk to make butter). The product is a slightly pungent smelling, whitish-yellow mass, the unrefined shea butter. The finished butter is stored in a warehouse used only for this purpose until it is shipped. Shea butter now has fans all over the world.
Sheabutter for Dr.Hauschka Skin Care products
The first contact between Burkina Faso and WALA Heilmittel GmbH was in 2001. The freelance project adviser Hermann Schopferer approached the manufacturer of the natural Dr.Hauschka skin care products suggesting a cooperation.
