From left: Casey Lyon, Jamie Garvey and Mahdi Ismael Ibrahim During the season of giving, no holiday gifts are more traditional than frankincense and myrrh. A Vermont-based company produces essential oils made from both and, in turn, provides its African partners with gifts that keep on giving, including food, safe drinking water, basic medical services and reliable income.
Böswellness is one of the world s only distilleries and suppliers of sustainable, fair-trade and certified-organic frankincense and myrrh products. Founded in 2005 by Mahdi Ismael Ibrahim, the Colchester-based company s core mission includes supporting its supplier communities in Somaliland, an autonomous region of Somalia that declared independence in 1991.