Submitted by Cecilia Dinio Durkin, Sep 11, 2007 15:29

On the wake of Anita Roddick's death, I thought you may want to know that it is due to her that Botswana's greatest income generation for rural women exists today.

^{_{Having developed the production and use of this amazing moisturizer extracted from the Marula nut, known in Southern Africa as "Miracle Oil", Body Shop singlehandedly created a vehicle for income for thousands (if
not hundreds of thousands) of women throughout South Africa, Namibia and Botswana.}}

^{_{The group I buy Marula Oil from supplies pure essential oil to several boutique body/beauty producers here in the United States, as well as to Body Shop. Most recently, they were given a grant from UNDP to expand marketing to the US in order to give extend their reach to including 3,000 women in remote villages in Northeastern Botswana.}}

Serving as a model of fair trade sustainable business development and practice Anita Roddick serves as a wonderful role model for us all--her life's work has left this world a better place for us to live.

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