by Kate Holby
October 18, 2024
Kenyans make more space and hold more time for each other. Nothing describes this sense of space and pace better than the common Kenyan proverb Haraka Haraka Haina Baraka. Translation: to hurry has no blessings.
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by Kate Holby
September 12, 2024
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by Kate Holby
September 05, 2024
At Ajiri, our "handmade" is our pride. We don't want you to turn away, we want you to see what we see—the strong and talented and hopeful people behind our product. This tea is so smooth because it was handpicked. Sure, Kenyan tea is largely exported. But it is also enjoyed at home, commonly made over an open flame in a large sufria (pot), where fresh milk and lots of sugar are added.
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by Kate Holby
April 22, 2024
The joyful freedom of summer camp. On our last night of the annual Camp Ajiri held at a large farm in Kenya, we were walking through a field with our 20 scholars, flashlights in hand, looking for owls and chameleons, when everyone started to run and shout "siafu!" Translation: army ants. There were shrieks of pain followed by shrieks of laughter. All ar
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by Kate Holby
March 05, 2024
I honestly don't know when this shift happened. Was it during the pandemic? Is it the rise of non-stop digital consumption? Or is it just that we are getting older? But somewhere in this journey of creating a for-purpose company, people just stopped caring. Or maybe they started caring less.
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by Kate Holby
February 02, 2024
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Tea and Teenagers . . . At Ajiri we try to fix things. High unemployment? We'll create jobs. Children need school fees? We pay school fees. But we can't fix those teenage years. We can't take away awkward growth. We can't remove their desire to be somewhere else or be someone else. But through encouragement, through truly seeing them, we can at least lead them to like a part of themselves. 💕
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by Kate Holby
September 19, 2023
All of these thoughts of adventure make us realize that adventure is a wealthy man's game. We value the physical feats of a climb up Everest while overlooking the very physical and emotional tenacity of millions of women to simply survive.
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by Kate Holby
April 25, 2023
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by Kate Holby
March 24, 2023
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by Kate Holby
February 08, 2023
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by Kate Holby
February 01, 2023
We know love can't be manufactured or bought (despite what the best marketing e-mails tell us). But we do believe love can be cultivated. It might look like making committed promises to yourself and to others in a social contract. And maybe it starts with writing down what you want in the world—kindness, a family, a sense of home.
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