2 Ancient Tea plantations Preserved Having the Red Yao be able to start their own tea business is one of their big dreams. It's also a very big undertaking considering the technical and business skills required to successfully market this high potential product. However long the road might be though, first steps must be set. With this project the first step is ensuring locals are incentivized to preserve their ancient tea plantations and to not use any more chemicals on them. This will have us prepared for when we're able to take the next step, namely setting up a local...
Cultural preservation is often harder to measure than something more tangible like economic impact or environmental protection. However, these intangible assets are equally (if not more) important for the overall flourishing of a community. Preserving the culture is therefore one of our core BRI goals (see below) We believe that documenting the local culture through recording videos, local stories, folk songs and more, is a great start in cultural preservation. In 2021 we created 4 short documentaries that capture the daily lives of the Red Yao. Once we finish editing these will be shared on our social media, so stay...
BRI Goal 1 - Economic stability Last year we placed most of our local efforts into finding ways to create economic stability for the Red Yao community. Despite extreme poverty not existing in the region, mountainous tribes like the Red Yao still are under serious economic pressures due to lack of opportunity combined with a changing social and economic environment.Through the 2021 BRI initiatives the community saw an increase in local employment of 19 new jobs, of which 9 can be considered full-time and 10 part-time. Here's the breakdown: - BRI ornaments project: 7 Local Red Yao women found stable...
In 2021 Viori hosted it's first Service program which was done by partnering up with a local non-profit. The 3 day program was a great success with many villagers attending the free medical services provided by the on-site staff, resulting in 100+ villagers havng received free medical services. For a full report on this event please read the blog post here!
Our BRI: Embroidery project has resulted in 7 Red Yao women being able to sell us a total of 252 Local ornaments! Each and every piece has been a labor our love which our customers absolutely love. Read the full background on this project here
This impact measure is very dear to our hart as it brings us back to the founding of Viori. At Viori we take pride in being a company which produces 100% chemical free products; and with zero plastics used in any of our packaging. To keep fulfilling that promise its important we work at the root level. Literately. As Longsheng rice water is one of our core ingredients, we want to work together with the Longsheng rice farmers to make sure that their precious grain is grown in responsibly ways that respects our planet and benefiting instead of harming anybody...
