A BRIGHTER
FUTURE STARTS
WITH HER
The Women’s Bakery helps women in East Africa lead their families and communities forward. Your support makes our work possible.
OUR IMPACT SO FAR
2
Bakeries in operation
40+
Women trained and employed
20,000+
Children receiving bread daily
Our bakeries improve lives and livelihoods
We establish and operate professional local bakeries that set a cycle of positive impact in motion. Women earn stable incomes, children get the nourishment they need, and local communities benefit from freshly baked goods along with economic growth.
FOR CHILDREN
Delicious, nutritious snacks
Through our One Bread Project, we provide local schoolchildren with fresh-baked snacks fortified with the vitamins, nutrients, and protein they need to thrive.
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FOR COMMUNITIES
Sustainable business for social good
Our bakeries generate revenue that can be used to employ more women, improve the health and well-being of local families, and invest resources back into local communities.
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IN HER WORDS
“I am surprised by how far I can go because of this opportunity. Hope, choice, and planning for the future are all possible now.”
Florence, Baker in Gicumbi
A global community creating local change
We are bakers, entrepreneurs, partners, donors, customers, and community members — all contributing to a social enterprise with transformative potential.
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See what’s happening
Learn more about our bakeries, bakers, and plans for the future through our own stories and media coverage.
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Troubleshooting Innovation Podcast
Joanie Spencer, editor-in-chief for Commercial Baking, interviews The Women’s Bakery CEO Markey Culver for four episodes of the Troubleshooting Innovation podcast. In this fourth episode, Markey talks about how The Women’s Bakery has gone from empowering women to feeding kids with its One Bread Project.
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A letter from Pauline
My personal life is a testimony to what happens when you invest in women. I come from a very humble background, similar to that of our bakers. I was born and raised in a slum in Nairobi called Kawangware. Opportunity and access to education has changed the course of both my life and the life of my child. This is the same impact that I see at The Women’s Bakery. The impact is not just for an individual, it is generational.
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TEDx Saint Louis
CEO Markey Culver shares the origins of The Women’s Bakery.
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Baking Up a Better Future
March is Women's Month. This is a time to recognize the unique contributions women all over the world have made to their communities and to society. When a woman has access to social and economic opportunity, the world benefit.
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Help expand our impact
Your support helps us employ more women, feed more children, and bridge gaps as our bakeries grow.