Mama Leah: From the shade of a tree to the light of leadership

A canopy of leaves stretching across the horizon balances atop gnarled bark. It’s where lean silhouettes of giraffes mark the ground as they graze its branches and it’s where one woman’s journey to empowerment began—beneath the Acacia tree. Mama Leah was the first woman to join Artisans. Shaded by the hot Kenyan sun, she sat under th...