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Bianca Cash - a creative heart

I recently had the pleasure of catching up with the creative soul Bianca Cash, a gorgeous woman who is running her own business with passion and joy. She has created this beautiful print (below) which encapsulates so much of what we value as an organisation. Each print helps to fund a Cents for Seeds loan for a rural woman in Uganda. I wanted to find out what makes this chick tick! 1. Can you tell us a little about who you are and what you do? I'm a full-time freelancer graphic designer and photographer, but a lot of my work is typography based. 2. Can you share with us about your experiences in Africa? I've been really lucky to travel to East Africa three times. The first time was with my family. We visited our sponsored children in Uganda and Tanzania. It was my first time overseas and it changed everything. It sounds really dramatic but I never had the desire to travel anywhere, especially not a developing country. In 2007 I started sponsoring two girls in Tanzani

Words with Heart

In celebration of International day of Rural Women this week, we have two guest bloggers who we will be featuring in honour of their work supprting rural women all over the world. We asked Lauren Shuttleworth, founder and director of Words With Heart to tell us about her heart for rural women and her quest to support them...  Can you tell us a little about who you are and what you do? I'm Lauren Shuttleworth and I'm the Founder of Words With Heart - an eco-friendly stationery and printery social enterprise that funds women's and girls' education projects in the developing world. We sell a range of products including notebooks and journals, and more recently with the launch of our printery, custom business cards, greeting cards, invitations and more. Every product we sell funds a specific number of education days for women and girls. We partner with charities doing incredible work in this area, and currently fund projects in Sierra Leone and Cambodia. Can you s