Carlee Nestelberger recently launched a new website for her handmade jewelry. She credits her trip to Uganda while at Illinois Wesleyan University for the vision behind her growing business.

Carlee said that during her 2011 trip to Uganda, she witnessed the incredible need for the simple, yet profound luxury of clean water. From Kampala to Gulu, she became increasingly aware of how such a simple thing could make a huge impact on the people she came to love during the months she spent there. This African adventure helped shape her business, AmazziRoots and gave designing, creating and selling jewelry a deeper purpose.

AmazziRoots is raising awareness and funds to support water provision projects across the globe. Ten percent of all purchases from the shop go directly to Blood:Water Mission, a grassroots organization that empowers communities to work together against the HIV/AIDS and water crises in East Africa.

To visit Carlee’s shop and learn more about her mission, click here.