Prosperity Candle Blog

In a blog post for Women2.0, Siiri Morley discusses the beginnings of Prosperity Candle, a for-profit social venture committed to providing business opportunities for women in regions of conflict and...

Meet Moo Kho, a refugee from Burma who pours candles in our office in Northampton, MA. In a recent video, Moo Kho explains why she loves to make candles. “Shine...

I am a rising junior at Tufts University, studying Arabic and Entrepreneurship and interning for Prosperity Candle for the summer. Hearing about Prosperity Candle’s work was truly an uncanny coincidence,...

Last night our neighbors came over for a potluck solstice dinner, a chance to welcome the summer, share stories, and find out what’s going on in each other’s lives.  Greg...

Today is World Refugee Day.  A day that Angelina Jolie tells us to “do 1 thing” because one refugee without hope is too many. “Refugees are ordinary people caught up...

The recent tornadoes in Western Massachusetts have displaced many refugees form their homes, including Mee Mee, a refugee from Burma who works at Prosperity Candle’s Northhampton office. This has created...

Yes, Mother’s Day is *right* around the corner, and there isn’t much time to ship online gifts. But there are still several ways you can give your Mom a gift...

Thank you to one of our first customers, Faith Ottenhoff, for sharing her impressions of our candles! “I want to thank you personally for making the most beautiful candles I...

The 3rd story in our series profiling 5 resilient women rebuilding their lives by creating beautiful candles. Their lives are changing one candle at a time. Meet Moo Koh Moo...

Prosperity Candle is a social venture designed to empower women entrepreneurs from areas affected by conflict and natural disaster by helping women set up independent businesses that help them not...

Prosperity Candle has been working in partnership with the Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service organization to employ several recently resettled refugees from Burma and Bhutan for the last few months....

The 2nd story in our series profiling 5 resilient women rebuilding their lives by creating beautiful candles a world away. Thanks to you their lives are changing one candle at...