A Tale of Love, Spice & Heartburn

Fundraising campaign by Zilanie Gondwe
  • US$825.00
    raised of $12,000.00 goal goal
6% Funded
11 Donors
Raised offline: $200.00
Total: $1,025.00

No more donations are being accepted at this time. Please contact the campaign owner if you would like to discuss further funding opportunities

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A TALE OF LOVE, SPICE AND HEARTBURN

I’ve had a lifelong love of spice and with that comes a fair amount of heartburn. The magic of Zillies Chillies hot sauce has helped improve the lives of women farmers and their families in Malawi(Southern Africa) for years. It all started when I was 6 years old when my dad was diagnosed with hypertension.To cut out salt and sugar he turned to spicy food and so did daddy’s little girl. That’s how we both became chilli addicts

I love that my Dad started this chilli love & people story with me. With the encouragement of friends and Dads love gift of $5,000 investment in 2014, Zillies Chillies has become a social enterprise that sells sauce through trade markets, directly to restaurants and from our flag ship Koko Bean Café in Lilongwe, Malawi, where it is made. Zillies provides annual farm inputs (seed, financial training and support) and buys the harvest(chilli and spices) from women farmers of Njati Women’s Cooperative founded by my parents when they retired. Zillies also links girls with role models for mentoring, provides reusable sanitary pads and school fees for girls in rural secondary schools.

Zillies Chillies is an artisanal food, spice and chilli sauce company. The hot sauce comes in 3 flavours Maya Fruity, Kambuzi and Roast Garlic & Red Onion. There’s an army of over 120 amazing and inspiring artisans in the Zillies farmer family who grow Chillies, Macadamia nuts, coffee and spices. Bertha is a 26 year mother of 4 children who courageously left an abusive marriage and by working as a processor at Zillies, Bertha is now able to self-sufficiently care for her family and their education. Zillies doesn’t just make chilli, it changes lives.

WHAT DO WE NEED?

Zillies has invested $14,333.00 to secure the new property (Zillies processing factory in the new Koko Bean Café) and renovate half way to completion. The factory’s processing equipment has been acquired. The unit needs $12,000.00 to complete the renovations and begin commercial production. The new unit will lead to Malawi Bureau of Standards & export certification, increased production by farmers and in processing. Zillies will be in stores nationwide by November. I love giving more to our ever growing community. Through this project we will help 120 to 200 women farmers, provide 5 university scholarships and fees for up to 24 secondary schools for girls. It will also empower people through employment.

For interested supporters, anywhere in the world I will send you a package of the first batch of Zillies Chillies ‘Spice of Love’ special edition and put a photo of you and the sauce on ‘The Great Wall of Chilli’ in the cafe as a token of our deep gratitude. I am happy to answer your questions and talk about our plans. Please contact me [email protected] and on Facebook Zillies Chillies.


Rewards

Send your photo and it will be posted on our Facebook page and printed and placed on "The Great Wall of Chilli" in the Koko Bean Cafe

1 Backers

Special edition "Spice of Love" and your choice of the three Zillies flavors

1 Backers

Fundraising Team

  • Zilanie Gondwe
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  • Campaign Owner
  • Muza Gondwe
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  • Campaign manager

Donors

  • Zilanie Gondwe
  • Posted On Oct 02, 2017
  • Thank you so much to everybody who has donated to Zillies, we can really feel the love. We have raised $1025.00 so far and are still fundraising towards our $12,000.00 goal. For any information and if you need to contact us, please feel free to email us at [email protected]

  • Kapie Mzumara
  • Donated on Sep 24, 2017
  • All the best Z! Keep working it and doing what you do. We salute you!

$150.00
  • Zilanie Gondwe
  • Posted On Aug 29, 2017
  • Its a beautiful day in Malawi when we see the love from around the world. Esther, thank you also for your donation.

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Donors & Comments

11 donors
  • Zilanie Gondwe
  • Posted On Oct 02, 2017
  • Thank you so much to everybody who has donated to Zillies, we can really feel the love. We have raised $1025.00 so far and are still fundraising towards our $12,000.00 goal. For any information and if you need to contact us, please feel free to email us at [email protected]

  • Kapie Mzumara
  • Donated on Sep 24, 2017
  • All the best Z! Keep working it and doing what you do. We salute you!

$150.00
  • Zilanie Gondwe
  • Posted On Aug 29, 2017
  • Its a beautiful day in Malawi when we see the love from around the world. Esther, thank you also for your donation.

$50.00
  • Zilanie Gondwe
  • Posted On Aug 27, 2017
  • Thank you all for your backing. Each of you gets us a step closer to the Zillicious goal in our empowering and life changing community. We shall keep you posted. And God bless you x

  • Koka
  • Donated on Aug 23, 2017
$15.00
  • Nancy Longnecker
  • Donated on Aug 22, 2017
  • What a fantastic initiative. All the best for your sauce piquant.

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  • Wesu Ndilila-Barnes
  • Donated on Aug 21, 2017
  • Really inspiring! I am wishing you more success as you expand:-)

$100.00
  • Zilanie Gondwe
  • Posted On Aug 21, 2017
  • Thank you all for your very kind donations. Our gratitude and appreciation cannot be expressed enough.

  • Mary Mzumara
  • Donated on Aug 20, 2017
  • Go. Girl. Make. It. Happen.

$100.00
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US$825.00
raised of $12,000.00 goal
6% Funded
11 Donors
Raised offline: $200.00
Total: $1,025.00

No more donations are being accepted at this time. Please contact the campaign owner if you would like to discuss further funding opportunities