Meet Achan Grace
and 'Gift from God'

It was a miracle that the faint cry of the baby was heard at all. Having been placed in a dustbin shortly after birth the chances of surviving were remote. A passing policeman heard the baby and found it wrapped in a dirty blanket.

The policeman returned to his slum with the baby. Word went out in search of someone to care for this foundling. Achan Grace, stepped forward. She is mother of five children, including two-year-old twins and three big brothers, all of whom are under the age of eight. They all live together in a mudroom without electricity or running water. She embraced with love the responsibility and cost of caring for yet another child. She named the baby 'Gift from God' and calls him simply 'Gift'.

Grace is a refugee from the war in Northern Uganda. She had been living in abject poverty before she became a beader for BeadforLife. She had tearfully relinquished one of her children, 3-year-old Joseph, to an orphanage because her children were starving to death. Now she has brought Joseph home to live with his siblings and the new baby.

In the photo she is holding up a red necklace and earrings that she made for Oprah Winfrey. She won the contest with these beautiful beads and we sent them to Oprah. Hasn't she got an incredible smile for someone who has endured a difficult life and is so lacking in material things?