Tapko Village Home of SBM Shea Butter

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Tapko Village Home of SBM Shea Butter
Ghana
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Shea nut trees growing wild near Tapko village
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Shea Fruit
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Bowl of shea fruit. The avocado-like fruit is
eaten by the families in Tapko and may turned
into fruit jam ..
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Shea Fruit with the shea nut inside.
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Gathering Shea Fruit.
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Drying the Shea Fruit pits under the African sun.
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Removing the Shea nut husk to access the Shea
nut.
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Pounding the roasted pits to turn it into paste.
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Cooking the pounded shea nuts.
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Women taking a short break from Shea Butter
production
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Grinding the cooked pounded shea nuts into paste
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Water is added to the paste so it becomes liquid.
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The shea nut paste is then turned into a liquid
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This liquid paste is then churned to turn it into
butter
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This is the last stage of churning. Just before
it turns into shea butter.
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It now needs to be cooked a final time to
separate the oil from the paste.
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The Tapko Widows Group. Shea butter is now
ready to be shipped to Canada. Their hard work
is done.
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Women from the Shea Butter Collective want to
thank you for purchasing shea butter products.
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The hard work is done and now it is time to
celebrate.
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The Future of Tapko. Many of these childrens
school fees are paid with Shea Butter sales
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Tapkos School Children and Giftys son Kabore
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Giftys Sister Zenabu and a Tapko Elder
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Kabore Thanking Tapko Elder
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Tapko Village
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The Chief of Tapko and his wife Monica. Grateful
to all who support Shea Butter Market.
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