Sprout Enterprise® Network

The R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund is proud to sponsor the Craft Revival Award of the Kula Innovate Challenge.  Launched by 200 Million Artisans, the Kula Innovate Challenge provides a pathway to catalytic capital for craft enterprises across India, and offers award winners mentorship, cash awards and connection to a global network.  These award-winning craft innovators — Mianzi, Samakhya Sustainable Alternatives, and The Wool Knitters — have been recognized for their innovations in climate action, sustainability and the circular economy.

We continue to provide marketing and business development support to our artisan partners via our e-commerce sites: www.sproutenterprise.net and www.tilonia.com. And we continue to support the Kaliyachak Girls Learning Center in rural Bihar, India.

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In Swahili, "bawa" means wing. For the artisans working with Bawa Hope in Nairobi, Kenya, that wing offers something more: the lift to escape cycles of poverty that have defined their lives.  Founded in the aftermath of Kenya's post-election violence in 2008, Bawa Hope has become a bridge between marginalized communities and global markets, transforming trauma into beauty through contemporary, ethnic brass jewelry, beaded jewelry, and woven baskets.

The enterprise's origin story began in an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in January 2008, where founder Anne Nzilani encountered women making jewelry amid the chaos of displacement. When Anne asked one woman why she continued creating despite losing everything, the response became the company's north star: "The poorest person in the world isn't one without food and shelter, but one without hope."

We continue to provide marketing and business development support to our artisan partners via our e-commerce sites: www.sproutenterprise.net and www.tilonia.com. And we continue to support the Kaliyachak Girls Learning Center in rural Bihar, India.

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Investing in Artisan Enterprises for over 25 years.

Craft is the original circular economy. The craft story today is what the story of craft has always been – of artisans making use of waste, left over or found materials, of design and innovation to perform the alchemy of material transformation into a product of function and beauty, of expressing and sharing community values, and of telling the stories of each generation. Investing in artisan enterprises improves the quality of life and creates a sustainable future for rural communities with few economic alternatives.

This year we invested in Du Anyam and Vidrio Artesanal Xa Quixe, and funded market development initiatives of eight companies.

We continue to provide marketing and business development support to our artisan partners via our e-commerce sites: www.sproutenterprise.net and www.tilonia.com. And we continue to support the Kaliyachak Girls Learning Center in rural Bihar, India.

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By investing in artisan enterprises, we help to create sustainable livelihoods in these remote communities. Local teams are trained and developed with the business skills to manage these enterprises which become economic drivers of the local economies.

This year, we invested in Young Mountain Tea and FECCEG, and funded market development initiatives of eight companies from Colombia, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Kenya and Zimbabwe.

We continue to provide marketing and business development support to our artisan partners via our e-commerce sites: www.sproutenterprise.net and www.tilonia.com. And we continue to support the Kaliyachak Girls Learning Center in rural Bihar, India.

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Created in partnership with Realize Impact, the R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund invests in early stage artisan enterprises addressing three key impact investment themes:

• women’s empowerment

• sustainability

• climate change.

This year, we invested in Karghewale and ÉCHALE, and funded 2024 market development initiatives of seven companies from seven countries. We also continue to provide marketing and business development support to www.tilonia.com and www.sproutenterprise.net.

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The Du Xhil – San Bartolo Yautepec textile collection launches April 28 and 29 at a pop up sale and exhibition at El Diablo y La Sandia Boca del Monte in the historical center of the city of Oaxaca, in southern Mexico. The textiles have been handwoven by 24 Zapotec weavers from San Bartolo Yautepec in the Sierra Sur region of the state of Oaxaca. The special launch event is the culmination of the textile design project sponsored by the Marvin and Sylvia Rubin Family Foundation and supported by the R.I.S.E. Artisan Fund. 

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