In a remote hilly area of Eastern Botswana, 1,100 rural women producers are forging a new model of rural development.

Spread across 25 villages in the Tswapong Hills, the women are harvesting and marketing a range of natural resource products. Working within Kgetsi ya Tsie Womens Community Trust, they are harnessing traditional, indigenous knowledge to the demands of the international marketplace. Supported by a revolving loan fund to provide capital for equipment and supplies, they are generating an income to support their families.

Their products are successful too. Their pure and natural cold-pressed marula oil is fast establishing home and international markets due to its exceptional skin care properties, along with a handmade marula soap.

When customers buy products with the Kgetsi ya Tsie (KyT) label, they can rest safe in the knowledge that:
* They are produced to rigorous quality standards;
* They are completely pure and natural, with no artificial ingredients;
* No KyT products are tested on animals:
* All KyT products are sustainably harvested.

To find out more, contact:

John Pearce,
Project Co-ordinator,
Kgetsi ya Tsie,
PO Box 343,
Lerala,
Botswana.

Tel        (00267) 4954013
E-mail  kyt@kgetsiyatsie.org