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Meet this women’s soap-making group on the Fam Islands in Indonesia. These women sell soap in four fragrances: lime, jasmine, lemongrass and curcuma heyneana, an aromatic tuber related to turmeric and ginger. This small business has helped the women earn income for themselves — and they’re using it to prepare nutritious meals for all of the school kids in town.

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