To Be Loved
And with each of these rituals, in each of these small moments over the next few weeks, our heart aches. We want our Ajiri scholars to feel these small moments of love as...
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And with each of these rituals, in each of these small moments over the next few weeks, our heart aches. We want our Ajiri scholars to feel these small moments of love as...
Read more about To Be LovedAngela, Wesley, and Damacline were now hopelessly off course. They had managed to scale that final fence and were walking down toward a forest. I wanted to run to them, set them...
Read more about The Joy In Getting LostSee, there is this tip-toeing around issues in business. No company should align itself too "political" for fear of alienating customers. But to have opinions and emotions—well, that's just human. As a...
Read more about Coping With GriefAt Ajiri, we feel so lucky to be on this earth at the same time as all of you. Your purchase of tea holds a lot of that elusive power of art....
Read more about The Power of ArtPeople in the U.S. like to lament that there is no “village” anymore when raising children. But here’s the thing, Thomas was born without a village to support him. We made that...
Read more about Back To School: Growing Up and GraduatingWe will continue to share our good fortunes with others. We will continue to run Ajiri Tea throughout this tariff madness. We will continue to run Ajiri until we can’t. Running Ajiri...
Read more about Tea Not TariffsWhen corporations voluntarily secede their DEI initiatives so quickly, we dig in deeper. Why we aren't done with DEI, and why do people make it seem so damn hard to do the...
Read more about DEI: Acrimonious Acronyms We're Holding OntoBeing summoned for jury duty on a recent cold wintery day oddly felt like being in Kenya. The judge had asked people to put away their phones in the courthouse. And there,...
Read more about Finding Love at Jury DutyWhy, well into adulthood, is it still so easy to remember those feelings of teenage insecurity? Working with teenagers in Kenya is like watching clouds on a windy day. They are so...
Read more about Teenage Insecurity and HopeKenyans 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...
Read more about All Dressed UpThis year gave them more spaces and more programs to experience joy and silliness and the freedom to let go. It is hard to quantify in an Impact Report what that exactly...
Read more about 2023-2024 Ajiri Impact ReportAt 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...
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