Rachel was born in 1957. In addition to producing jewellery, Rachel is also permanently employed as "controller", i.e. she checks the quality of the jewellery the women produce. She has an overview of all the beads and can help if anyone is unsure about anything regarding the production of the jewellery. 

Rachel is a mother of 6, but lost her second oldest daughter at the age of 11 due to a sudden illness. Her oldest is her daughter Monica, after her comes her son Herford Badu, then Theophilous Badu, and finally the twins Christiana Akwelue (Akwelue means firstborn) and Christiana Akor (second-born). So there are two Christianas. "That's how my husband wanted it to be," says Rachel. 

Rachel's husband died in 1991. "Had he lived longer, I would have had more children. I cannot have enough children,” laughs Rachel. 

And she laughs a lot. She is simply a fantastic "engine" to have in the company. She is both respectful and hard-working, and loves to joke and laugh – and to make others laugh, too! 

Rachel lives in a rented room with the twins. However, one of the girls is not there as much because she goes to a college boarding school. Rachel always works. She has to earn money for the twins’ education. She has been able to afford higher education only for the two youngest. However, she has just recently saved up enough to send Theophilous to a shortened higher education as well, and she is very happy about this. 

"It's hard for parents to choose to educate some children rather than others, but unfortunately this is how it is. Even though I work day and night, I cannot afford to pay for everyone's education," says Rachel. However, she is very happy that the twins are doing well, getting good marks and becoming somebody. One already strives to become a lawyer. 

Rachel has been in Denmark three times in a row. The last time was in August 2009, when she went to the Formland fair in Herning together with Pernille Bülow. Here, she gained insight into our Danish sales methods, customer contact and presentation of the goods etc. As part of our fair-trade cooperation, it is important to inform and educate the women from Ghana. They need to understand what it means to sell to a European market rather than the local market in Koforidua. These are two very different worlds, very different.