Our Impact
Sseko Designs is a global, fair-trade fashion brand. We partner with fair-trade producers to create dignified, fair-wage jobs for artisans across the globe. Currently, less than 2% of the people who make our fashion earn a living wage, and we are on a mission to change that. By supporting Sseko, you’re supporting Sseko’s mission to create a world where beautiful products are made by folks building beautiful lives.
In addition to our belief in fair trade fashion, at the heart of Sseko is the belief that every woman deserves the opportunity to learn & to lead. When that ideal becomes a reality, the world will be a brighter, more just, and more peaceful place. Through partnerships enabled by your support of Sseko, we are able to provide financial and community support to academically gifted young women in Uganda & Ethiopia as they continue on to pursue university degrees and become change-makers in their community and our world.
For every $100,000 in sales, our community creates THREE dignified, fair-wage jobs and supports a female scholar in Uganda or Ethiopia to continue onto University and pursue her dreams.
Our products are sold here in the United States through the Sseko Fellows. Through our social-selling model, we are creating opportunities for women right here at home to earn a flexible income while building lives (and businesses!) of purpose, passion, and impact. By supporting Sseko — as a friend, customer, host, or Fellow — you are co-creating a brighter future with us.
impact of our Sales:
For every $100,000 in sales, we are able to create
3 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT JOBS AND PROVIDE 1 UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP FOR A FEMALE SCHOLAR.
(That only takes about 20 Sseko Fellows! Will you be 1 in 20?!)
together in 2022:
We partner with
artisans in Uganda, Ethiopia, Peru, India, Southeast Asia, and Mexico
We’re creating
community and flexible income for over 1,200 Sseko Fellows across the U.S.
We = the university-bound production team, veteran production team, global production partners, Sseko Fellows, and your friends at HQ!
in 2021 we fully funded
62 university scholarships
for female scholars
We Are Currently Creating
39 full-time jobs
in Uganda
Fair-wage, formal employment that pays above market.
136 dependents are directly supported by Sseko employees.
Sseko Has a
Fully Ugandan
Management Team
All of Our Employees Receive:
3 months
of Paid Maternity Leave with Health Insurance
21 days
days of paid time off + 10 public holidays
2 × 1 retirement savings match
We are a member of the Fair Trade Federation
We provide
10 educational classes
Including budgeting, mentoring, public speaking, interview skills, gender equality, first aid, and computers.
We are the
largest exporter
of non-agricultural goods
from Uganda to the U.S.
We create
beautiful products with beautiful stories
through our partnerships with artisans across the globe
95%
Of Our Staff’s Children
Are in School
11,550
Meals Have Been Served
at Our Workshop
We Bring Our Impact Full Circle Through the Sseko Fellows.
We enable Impact Entrepreneurs to join Sseko’s story while creating their own social enterprise! Sseko Fellows are a community within the U.S. who are taking giant leaps and small steps towards using their talents to make an impact felt across the world. Through their Sseko businesses, they are able to create opportunity for themselves, their families AND their community around the world.
