RoHo Reflections

11 Benefits of Buying Handcrafted

RoHo - Beads used to make handmade sandals

11 Benefits of Buying Handcrafted

Buying handmade goods online allows you access to the skills of artisans around the world.

RoHo - Purple & Orange Beads for Leather Sandals

Woman Crush Wednesday: Jacqueline Novograntz

Woman Crush Wednesday! We wanted to highlight an older (but still relevant) Forbes profile of Jacqueline Novograntz, founder of the Acumen Fund.

How We Can Do Better Than Building A Well

Wells, mistakes and lessons learned. How we can do more harm than good.

RoHo - A Hand Over a Bowl of Small Seed Beads

Slow vs. Fast Fashion

There is this new term in the fashion industry called “slow fashion”

RoHo - A heart being made by two hands together

RoHo Statement: We Don't Stand for Hate

he recent events in the news have shaken us at RoHo. As Martin Luther King eloquently put it, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”.

RoHo - Artisans Discussing Sandal Making

Want to Run a Social Start Up?

Social Entrepreneur. It’s a cool idea, isn’t it? You work focuses both on impact and the bottom line.

RoHo - a number of bone beads and brass pendants from Kenya

August 8th Kenyan Elections

We often take for granted the institutions that exist that give people trust in our voting systems in the United States. Whether or not we like the...

RoHo - A Sandal Artisan Finishing a White Sandal

Aid for Africa? No Thanks

If we've said it once, we've said it a thousand times.... Trade not Aid

RoHo - an artisan hand beading a piece of leather for a pair of sandals

RoHo Quality Control - No Small Feat!

A challenge we have come across though in my time abroad is quality.

Guest Blogger: Reflections from the Kenya Trip

Guest Blogger, Lindsay Hernandez gave us her first impression of Kenya and the RoHo workshop.

RoHo - Artisans Who Handcraft Ethical Products That Give Back

Health As Wealth

She just went through the process of getting her inoculations from a Yellow Fever shot to Typhoid capsules to malaria pills. The process is a bit o...