Young Liberian 🇱🇷 Returns & Bringing Sustainable Personal Care - SOPE (Hope, Soap, & Love)
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- čas přidán 21. 02. 2021
- You all know I preach often about our people coming back home to enrich our country, so I just love when I link up with someone who is actually doing it!
I recently met George "Gabie" Brownwell, a young entrepreneur who is making the move back and bringing back sustainable personal care, through a brand called SOPE.
"SOPE is a sustainable personal care producer and retailer. We procure the most authentic raw ingredients by collaborating with local farmers in West Africa.
Our mission is to cultivate a supply-chain that positively impacts social-economic development in the extremely underdeveloped regions of West Africa.
- Effectively communicate the importance of sustainable organic personal care products
- Create a new standard for operating a business in West Africa
- Promote socio-economic development in West Africa
SOPE Company began its operation in West Africa, in September 2020 with the goal to create and sell high quality natural cosmetic products. Born to Liberian refugees, its founder George Brownell Jr., was captivated by stories of his homeland at an early age. However, poverty, income disparity, as well as hopelessness from those who escaped the 14-year civil war discouraged him from visiting Liberia. In 2020, George decided to ignore all of the noise and create his own perception of the country by visiting. Upon his arrival, he instantly fell in love with the environment and felt obligated to use his educational background to be a catalyst for positive change in the region.
SOPE is a combination of Hope, Soap, and Love. Many Liberians hope to see a better Liberia within their lifetime, but war trauma with its reality of losing everything dissuades them from making the sacrifice. SOPE’s products are a physical representation of the sacrifice being made by those who are empowered through hope and absolute love that one day they will experience an improved Liberia.
In October 2020, George exported his first batch of soap from Liberia to the United States. Each soap bar was handcrafted by him and a few workers without the use of electric machinery. The soaps were produced using rain water and organic raw materials native to Liberia. Workers were told not to work if they weren’t in a good mood and were paid more than the daily national average. George’s healthy relationship with his workers is also perceived as a turn of the tide for an environment notorious for strenuous employer-employee work relationships."
Check out the episode and LIKE, COMMENT, SHARE, & SUBSCRIBE!
Check out more on SOPE at www.hopesoaplove.com
To contact SOPE:
Sope.George@gmail.com
267-600-5949 WhatsApp
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I remember doing this in the 90s during the war in Liberia. Is pretty easy to do once you have the right formula
Why will he have a only fan page?
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I want to order
This boy is a son of the soil, I like his spirit.waching from Nigeria 🇳🇬
Hello 👋🏾 our Naij’s brother!
Thank you. I am American and lived in Liberia from 1973 to 1980.(Working at the National Bank of Liberia (Central Bank of Liberia). My son was born in Liberia and we left when he was almost 2 years old. He still have his Liberian passport. We have been thinking about a visit or relocation. I was told his passport is still valid. So I will subscribe to your channel and collect more information. I have lived on Waterside, Sinkor and last lived across from the Ministry of Information on Capitol Hill. Thanks. I came to know about your channel from watching Wode Maya.
GREAT MEN OF WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE, AND UNDERSTANDING. GREAT MEN OF STRENGTH. IT'S GOOD TO SEE MEN WITHOUT LAZINESS IN THEIR BONES, ESPECIALLY THE BLACK AFRICAN RACE OF MEN. ITS GOOD FOR A MAN TO WORK WITH HIS HANDS. THATS ONE FACTOR WHY GOD GAVE US HANDS, TO PUT THEM TO GOOD USE. AMEN TO THE SOPE PRODUCT.
Going back home to enrich the community ! Job well done George! Quote from Coretta Scott King “The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members” ... keep it going ...🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷
I got his soap purchase. When I'm visiting Liberia definitely will be using for my bath.
Love to see it. The products from his brand are great quality as well. The soap and the coconut oil.
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Great story & showcase. Loving our Liberian made natural soaps and I will certainly order Hope Sopes! Congratulations & welcome home.
I'm so proud of this young man.
From soil to skin...love everything about this video. Thanks for sharing!
@8:30 wow I saw large scale soap factories in a video called 'the wealth of Liberia' here in youtube from the 1970s... I'm curious what happened to that and if it is still around. It looked similar to this process but with machines
It was called WASPRO Blue Bar Soap
I'm here I. San Diego, California and I have to have this product, group economics people this is how we grow. You buying Nike, Gucci, Palmolive and other brands buy one we have made. Thanks my brother
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I love seeing things like this.
Love this!! ❤️👏🏾👏🏾
So proud of you guys!
Love it 🙌🏽
Wow ! I met this brother and his sweet mom on my flight to Liberia in January , he was so sweet and polite, he even got me some coffee from Starbucks while waiting for our connecting flight in Brussels . Very proud of you 🙌🏽
Leelai you on Instagram?
Sure, @ im_leela_
@@Leela4ever @canejuicepapi I just requested
Philimena!!!!! This girl rocks!!!!
Awesome, thanks for sharing.
Great job! 🙌🏾
Great job brothers.
This is dope!
We need more people like you
Kudos to this gentleman.
Wow awesome
extremely great brother super Proud of you
Love it
Perfect.
Cannot wait to try it!
Yo I remember him from the “💩Liberian People Say” video YEARS ago! I literally just watched that video again last😭 Glad he decided to make the move back ❤️
👏🏿 great JOB 👏🏿
Soo proud of you cousin!
Congratulations brother
This is soo amazing! Can’t wait to try! Looks good!
Very inspiring and encouraging, and hopeful, continue the great work, I am glad you did not let negativity stop you!!! 🙏
George keep up the great work , you have a new Fran you really make me want to come and learn and work.
Dope! keep bringing us great content...
Congratulations cos!
Wish you could feature more of The Burg..For those of us born there and wishing to retire there. I think I've watched every video. Thanks .
Awesome video
Thanks for sharing
Luv 8! This brother is on the right track. I hope to vibe with you when I get back to Lib. Keep up the great work & you will deserve a town/city in your honor.
I'm excited to start my mission 4 Lib even more now.
Love watching your show might have to come to Liberia 🇱🇷 also saw you cousin running for office that was interesting
Amazing video
I love the fact that , “you have to be in a good mood to come to work 🕊🕊🕊🤸🏽♀️🌱 That’s everything for me , good energy great vibes, what we use on our body has to be pure ambiance , our body is pure n raw treasure . I love ✨✨✨. Definitely getting . Thanks for sharing 🇱🇷
Thanks for the support!
I use to make something like that but it was the one call the iron soap.that was during the second face of the war.
Thank you so much for sharing this video with us, I really enjoyed it.
Thanks for watching!
Wow...🙌🏽👁️👁️Love it.... Hopefully this will bring others to start theyr businesses in Liberia.💃🏾
Love the new intro!!!
Thank you!
Love the name, and tagline. Love seeing the process.
Issa WIN!
Cool
Congrats cuz. Work hard pay off.
beautiful, good job
Thanks Rami! Our episode is coming soon!
This is what people are into now. Natural & organic. 💕
Dude gonna have a FACTORY in Liberia soon with the size of those bars!!! yea buddy
Wow
Lib for life.
Liberia until I die 🇱🇷🥺😲😭😍 most beautiful people and country in this world to me 😍😭
Thanks s lot my bro. This is what we all need to do .... invest in Liberia. The step u have taken is inspiring. However, I will recommend that those who work directly with handling the caustic should wear some personal protective equipment like safety glasses, gloves and so on. Thanks again bro
Philomena, please send me that top. Great job young man.😍
I’m gonna buy some soap 🧼
This, Sangar Rum and Mamie’s baking soda are the only Liberian products I’ve been able to find state side so far.
My brother there's a seed called soap nut... Which grows into trees that provide soup...FYI🌳
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Hi Philomena.. i just subscribed to your channel. Im from South Africa and i am inspired about about your content. Im a motorbike adventurist... im definitely looking to tour Liberia on a bike.. would like to get your opinion and any advice
Much love
Much respect...
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Hey Queen Philimena
👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾
This brother licks his lips more than LL Cool J.
lol 😄
Great video! He sound like he from Philly 🤔
He is lol! LOTS of Liberians in Philly!
So where can i buy that material to make my soap in
This gonna fetch him lots of money in time to comes..
Can we get oldpa some safety gear? Gloves, safety glasses just in case the mixture splash.
The mixture was prepped in advance. We all wear protective gear and I personally mix the caustic.
Great job
Can you please give me the measurements ❤️❤️
Hey, this guy has a youtube channel about things Liberian parents say.
Can, be use for bathing as well?
Yes the soap is bathing soap
Good morning bro please do you have what sup number?
Hey I’m Marcus and I’m watching from Germany I just want to say thanks for the video the brother over there is doing a very nice job
I will like to open my own soap company in Lib anytime soon. Can you please hook me up with the brother in the video I will really appreciate that please.
Business email?
Check the pinned message 🙏🏾
Isn't he a comedian?
i was gonna say that too lol
Hi,
You have a platform so I thought i send you this to speak on it.
I'm going to try to reach out to as many as I can. This is people lives we are talking about here.
I heard about this and I wanted to bring it to your attention.
I'm advised that the Chinese client in Liberia only writes out diagnosis and prescription in Chinese for ALL patients. And that all health care records are mostly in Chinese. Also, I was advised that they refused to translate in English for patients. I think that is absurd and I can't and I don't want to believe that. How can you do this to a English speaking country and refused to translate (write) in English. How are people supposed to know and trust the treatment they are getting when they are unable to read what you wrote. Only God knows what you writing down. (For all we know I can be signing my death sentence)
Is our Liberia government aware of such practices. It does seem logical to me at ALL.
Please advise me.