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Welcome to the 21 social enterprises, responsible businesses, and civic organizations that joined the Good Market community in January 2020! This month’s roundup includes new community members from Mexico, the United Kingdom, Germany, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. More than 1,210 enterprises across 38 countries are now part of the Good Market community. 
See them all at goodmarket.global.
München, Germany
Cacao Collectors supplies raw cacao beans as a natural energy snack. The raw cacao bean not only tastes good, it also contains more than 300 health-promoting compounds and is considered one of the most nutritious fruits in the world. Many of these nutrients are heat sensitive and are destroyed when the beans are roasted to make chocolate. Like wine grapes, cacao has many different genotypes and varies based on terroir. Cacao Collectors partners with small-scale growers and cooperatives around the equator to produce raw food grade cacao beans in multiple forms: dried in pulp without fermentation, naturally fermented whole beans with and without the shell, and fermented nibs with yacon root syrup. They are committed to educating consumers about the health benefits of raw cacao and providing fair trade prices to producers.
www.goodmarket.global/cacaocollectors
Ginigathhena, Sri Lanka
Jungle River is a nature retreat in Sri Lanka’s hill country near Aberdeen Falls. Over the past 20 years, they have reforested 10 acres to remove carbon dioxide, release oxygen, and contribute to a cleaner, healthier environment. Jungle River offers food, accommodation, hiking, bird watching, river bathing, and offsite team building and leadership programs. They aim to keep prices affordable to serve local nature lovers. Jungle River is committed to environmentally responsible practices and reducing plastic pollution. Energy is supplied through microhydro.
www.goodmarket.global/jungleriver
Kathmandu, Nepal
Doko Recyclers promotes and enables smart sustainability and a circular economy by working with corporations, educational institutions, apartment buildings and colonies, factories, hotels, restaurants, and households in Nepal to reduce and segregate their waste. They offer “cash for trash” with digital weighing, transparent pricing, and on-the-spot payment, recycling pickup, home compost bins, on-site paper shredding, waste management for events, e-waste services, tours, workshops, and consulting. Their Tatwa sustainability shop includes bamboo toothbrushes, reusable straws, cutlery sets, bins, and products made from upcycled waste materials. Doko Recyclers aims to solve Nepal’s growing waste problem by streamlining the informal recycling industry, introducing modern and hygienic segregation and aggregation, and ensuring ethical labor practices and fair and transparent prices.
www.goodmarket.global/dokorecyclers
Ciudad de México, Mexico
Dehiwela – Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka
Scott Hildebrand focuses on connecting, sharing, and spreading positive messages through music. As a modern troubadour, he has toured extensively across Europe, Asia, Australia, North and Central America performing music that is inspired by his travels and connects across cultures. In addition to creating and performing, Scott Hildebrand teaches guitar, ukulele, and harmonica to students of all levels and ages through individual, group, and online lessons. He also volunteers and performs fundraising events for charities and causes.
www.goodmarket.global/scotthildebrandmusic
Makola, Sri Lanka
Blooming Agro specializes in naturally grown flowering orchid plants. There is a belief among Sri Lankan growers that it is not possible to cultivate flowering orchids without synthetic agrichemicals. After considerable research and experimentation, Blooming Agro found inputs made with beneficial microorganisms from a local supplier and was able to make the transition away from synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and fungicides. They use coconut husks, broken clay, and bark as growing media and reusable clay pots for planting. Blooming Agro is now providing training for other orchid growers and aims to create a network of producers committed to organic techniques. They are also developing orchid rental and buy-back services. Their mission is to brighten homes, offices, classrooms, hospital rooms, and hotel rooms with flowering orchids that are beautiful, low maintenance, safe, and environmentally responsible.
www.goodmarket.global/bloomingagro
London, United Kingdom
Minca Ventures supports the social and solidarity economy through storytelling, video production, online education, research, coaching, consulting, and other social enterprise services. They have supported hundreds of social economy initiatives across North and South America, Africa, Asia, and Europe. Revenue from paying customers makes it possible to provide free services to grassroots initiatives that are unable to pay. Minca Ventures actively participates in network events, conferences, and community gatherings related to social enterprise and the solidarity economy.
www.goodmarket.global/mincaventures
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka
Pavithra Stembo Design offers graphic design services at affordable rates for social enterprises, low income groups, and Good Market community members. They have experience with brand development, packaging, store design, and marketing materials. Pavithra Stembo Design specializes in traditional cultural motifs and environmentally responsible materials.
www.goodmarket.global/pavithrastembodesign
Midigama, Sri Lanka
Ajna Food + Yoga is a cafe and yoga studio in southern Sri Lanka that’s focused on sustainable business practices and bringing the community together for good coffee, healthy food, and yoga. Their vision is to create a space where you can come nourish your body and your mind, while still being kind to the environment. Ajna offers vegetarian and vegan options, prioritizes local ingredients and supplies, and hosts fundraisers and community events for local causes. They support the South Sri Lanka Recycling Program.
https://www.goodmarket.global/ajnafoodyoga
Lalitpur, Nepal
Paila creates thoughtfully designed shoes, sandals, slippers, and handbags from traditional Nepali handloom fabrics and environmentally responsible materials. They are committed to local sourcing, energy efficiency, and fair trade practices. Shoes are packaged in cotton bags and delivered locally by a bicycle courier service. Paila means “step” and the company represents a step towards promoting the local skills, cultural traditions, and economy of Nepal.
www.goodmarket.global/paila
Beruwala, Sri Lanka
Seth Ceylon specializes in conditioning shampoo bars and exfoliating scrub bars. The initiative was started by a homesteading family that left the city for a simpler life and learned soap crafting in an effort to reduce waste and become self sustaining. Unlike conventional detergent shampoos, Seth Ceylon shampoo bars do not strip natural oils from hair, which means a separate conditioner is not required. Their cinnamon, neem, mimosa, beer, charcoal, moringa, hibiscus leaf, and soap nut shampoo bars were developed to stimulate hair growth, fight dandruff, prevent dryness, frizz, breakage, and split ends, and provide body and shine. Their coffee, venivel, and spice scrub bars were developed to prevent acne, improve circulation, reduce puffiness, and give skin a radiant glow. The bars are packed in fabric by women in the village. Ten percent of profits are used to cover educational expenses for children in need.
www.goodmarket.global/sethceylon
Mumbai, India
Partnership Accelerator amplifies social impact by facilitating and nurturing partnerships between mission-driven organizations and funding organizations including foundations, company CSR divisions, and social finance aggregators. They provide auxiliary support for lead generation, email templates, presentation decks, and funder reporting, which enables nonprofits and social enterprises to focus on their core work. They also help organizations conduct SWOT analyses, refine their narrative, clarify their partnership goals and fundraising strategy, and organize fundraising events. Services are customized to meet organizational needs. Partnership Accelerator is location agnostic and can provide online support to organizations anywhere in the world.
www.goodmarket.global/partnershipaccelerator
Kurunegala, Sri Lanka
Ceylon Spice Cultivators (CSC) serves the largest association of vanilla farmers in Sri Lanka. The network currently includes more than 2,000 small-scale producers across 10 districts. Their mission is to develop the vanilla sector in the country based on fair and ethical sourcing practices. Products include cured vanilla beans, vanilla powder, vanilla sugar, and vanilla extraction kits. CSC Vanilla allocates 1 percent of sales for social service and environmental protection initiatives and donates books on entrepreneurship to local libraries.
www.goodmarket.global/cscvanilla
Digana, Sri Lanka
Liya Diriya is a community based women’s association in the Digana area that works for environmental sustainability and the betterment of society. To reduce plastic waste, they produce reusable bags from unbleached cotton and upcycled fabrics. Local enterprises partner with Liya Diriya to create custom bags with hand-painted logos and designs. The women also collect the blank pages from used exercise books and upcycle them into new notebooks. Liya Diriya is registered as a women’s society with the local government and works closely with Tamarind Gardens Farm.
www.goodmarket.global/liyadiriya
Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka
Wonder Boxes makes wooden crates from upcycled shipping pallets with a focus on reducing waste and resource consumption. Their basic sizes can be combined to make versatile furniture, shelving, and storage containers. They also do custom designs for home or business requirements. Wonder Boxes allocates two percent of profits to a fund to support people in need.
www.goodmarket.global/wonderboxes
Wattala, Sri Lanka
Lankan Curds promotes nutritious, whole food made with locally sourced ingredients. They use coconut shell bowls and terracotta clay pots to serve curd drinks and curd bowls with fruit, nuts, and unrefined palm syrup. The buffalo curd comes from a traditional supplier that has been operating for nearly 40 years, and the fruit is sourced from home gardens in their own community.
www.goodmarket.global/lankancurds
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Shhh – The Talkshow is an online community talkshow that raises awareness on social topics and gets women talking about topics that are commonly considered taboo. The show provides a platform for ordinary, everyday women to come together in a safe space and have tough conversations in an open, honest, and meaningful way. Episodes have covered a range of topics including menstruation, divorce, childbirth, sexual cybercrime, transgender, unconventional relationships, mental health, child molestation, and rape. The mission is to use the power of women’s voices and shared experiences to make Sri Lankans more comfortable with the uncomfortable, discuss differences with dignity and respect, encourage a more open minded and tolerant society, and support positive social change.
www.goodmarket.global/shhhtalkshow
Malabe, Sri Lanka
dips & SPREADS was started by a couple that noticed many people in Colombo skipping breakfast and either struggling with concentration or choosing unhealthy options later in the day. Their mission is to make it easier to access fresh, natural, and healthy breakfast and snack options. Popular products include granola, bliss balls, granola breakfast bars, pancake mix, trail mix, nut butters, hummus, and pesto. Products are supplied in glass bottles to reduce plastic waste and promote reuse.
www.goodmarket.global/dipsandspreads
Horana, Sri Lanka
Rajarata specializes in value-added natural food. Their instant string hoppers are made from local red rice and white rice sourced directly from their network of small scale farmers. Rajarata allocates ten percent of profits to uplift the lives of workers at their production facility in Horana. They assist with medical needs and educational expenses for workers’ children.
www.goodmarket.global/rajarata
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Fashion 4 Compassion sells quality secondhand clothing, shoes, and accessories and uses the proceeds to support local street dogs. They aim to raise awareness about circular fashion, encourage reuse, and reduce impulse buys, consumption, and waste. Funds are used for vaccination, sterilization, and treatment for sick and injured dogs.
www.goodmarket.global/fashion4compassion
Morawaka, Sri Lanka
Herali produces jackfruit kottu and other healthy jackfruit dishes from sustainably sourced local ingredients. Jackfruit is highly nutritious, but it often goes to waste in rural areas where production is high and market values are low. Herali sources jackfruit directly from low income families in the Morawaka area and provides fair trade prices.
www.goodmarket.global/herali
Know an initiative that’s good for people and good for the planet? Encourage them to get involved. The online application is available in English, Sinhala, and Tamil at www.goodmarket.global/apply.
Want to help make it available in another language? Learn more about the community translation project here.