About Soko Rafiki
Soko la Marafiki, Swahili for "A Market of Friends"
Soko Rafiki was launched by Robin Foreman and Linda Stolz as a means to combine their humanitarian interest in Africa with their love of the African aesthetic.
Soko Rafiki brings the African market to your community, connecting you, the consumer, with the work of artisans from Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda.
Fair trade is an important element of our approach and whenever possible, we work directly with women's cooperatives and community based organizations, a mainstay of local commerce and activism throughout Africa. Soko Rafiki's goal is to provide economic strengthening for these groups, whose members use funds to pay school fees for their children and support orphans in their communities.
A portion of Soko Rafiki's profits benefit Global Alliance for Africa, a grass-roots, non-profit organization working to benefit orphans and vulnerable children in Africa.