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HERproject Takes to the Field in Kenya

Jennifer Schappert, Manager, Partnership Development

During my most recent trip for HERproject with colleague Ryan Flaherty, the term "fieldwork" took on a whole new meaning—we found ourselves suiting up in boots and smelling roses. Ryan and I traveled to Naivasha (an hour northwest of Nairobi) to lay the groundwork for expanding HERproject into the cut-flower and food-processing industries in Kenya. Traditionally, BSR’s HERproject—a factory-based program that provides peer-to-peer health education to female workers—has operated in factories in the garment and information technology (IT) sectors. Read more →

Posted: March 7, 2011 | Topics: Consumer Products, Food, Beverage & Agriculture, Information & Communications Technology, Supply Chain, Women & Sustainability

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