Tanzania - 21C

Tropical Wholefood's partner 21C Village Network in Tanzania support rural
village communities by providing training and market access for rare and non- traditional crops.

21C instruct inland and coastal village communities in Southern Tanzania in the
harvesting and processing of Neem bark, baobab seeds, seaweed, aloe vera and
coconut oil.

21C then purchase these ingredients and process them into soaps in their small
soap production factory near Dar Es Salaam to create an unusual range of soaps
and other products. All soaps are cold processed.

FM Foods/Tropical Wholefoods currently purchase a range of three soaps from 21C:
Neem, Purity and Lemongrass and Seaweed Scrub. Our collaboration with 21C grew
out of a DFID funded export promotion programme in whcih 21C and Adam Brett
worked together on quality control, business management and market access for 21C