Meet the Coconut Oil Company Changing Lives in the Philippines
What if the best way to fight poverty isn't simply giving people what they need, but helping them build something of their own?
On this episode of Bigger Than Belief, Erik Olson, CEO of Dignity Made, unpacks the company’s unconventional mission: to help coconut farmers in the Philippines escape crushing debt and poverty by creating jobs and bringing their products to consumers in the United States.
Rather than relying solely on traditional aid, Erik and his team helped build a business around the resources the community already had: coconuts. The result was Dignity Made, a company that…
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