Job creation programs in South Africa bring economic opportunity to struggling individuals, families and communities, raising standards of living and bringing hope for a better future.

The Xhosa women in the Eastern cape who knit mohair scarves for Be Sweet, for example, are now able to support their large extended families in an economically depressed rural region with a 75% unemployment rate and little opportunity aside from hard labor in pineapple fields. These women are earning money and learning empowering skills that will enable them to raise themselves, and their children, out of the primitive living conditions they face, including a lack of running water and electricity.

Be Sweet's involvement with over 12 job creation programs in South Africa has increased the number of trained and employed women and men and funded improvements to the working environment. Artisans are learning skills as well gaining confidence and pride in their work. This makes a huge difference in a person and a community.