As Seen on Good Morning America: She Means Business - International Women's Day 2025

Happy International Women’s Day! From revolutionizing beauty routines to fashion staples, visionary female founders are transforming the industry while inspiring the next generation. This past weekend on GMA, we celebrated those women by highlighting their companies and all they’ve accomplished.

1) The Elephant Project:

SaveUs Plushies, $39, theelephantproject.com

-After traveling through Thailand and witnessing the mistreatment of elephants, Kristina McKean started The Elephant Project, which significantly contributes to saving them.

-Created adorable plushies that children love

-100% of the net proceeds from animal plushie sales go to organizations that help fight the poaching crisis and care for injured, abandoned, orphaned, and abused elephants.

-3 options are available on the site - Kiki, Tembo and Oba

-TEP has even expanded its platform to include lions and rescue dogs as well.