Empowerment through Employment

Aiyana Ehrman and Michelle Kime We are Aiyana Ehrman and Michelle Kime-two ordinary women seeing extraordinary things. We are Imagine Goods, and we partner with vulnerable and marginalized people around the world to make products that, in many cases, give them the first fair wages they've ever received. You might call us "accidental entrepreneurs". . . we never really intended to start a business. We had been working as a non-profit in Cambodia since 2006, and slowly came to the realizati...

Aiyana Ehrman and Michelle Kime We are Aiyana Ehrman and Michelle Kime-two ordinary women seeing extraordinary things. We are Imagine Goods, and we partner with vulnerable and marginalized people around the world to make products that, in many cases, give them the first fair wages they've ever received. You might call us "accidental entrepreneurs". . . we never really intended to start a business. We had been working as a non-profit in Cambodia since 2006, and slowly came to the realization that this was the most empowering project we saw; by giving people the opportunity to work, we give them hope. So we sort of do things a bit differently around here. People matter to us way more than the bottom line, and we try to take a close look at the entire chain of people who are involved in