In BeadforLife’s work in Uganda we recognize the immensely important role that women play in the developing world’s stabilization. Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide describes the plight of women in developing countries as the most important moral and economic issue facing the world today.Through their journalistic research, the husband and [...]

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Patty Manwaring on September 10th, 2009

Understanding Global Poverty: How Youth Can Make a Difference!
BeadforLife is proud to announce our curriculum “Understanding Global Poverty: How Youth Can Make a Difference“. This is a dynamic experiential service-learning curriculum for grades 6 through 12.
After a year of hard work, and a successful pilot reaching over 200 students in more than 10 classrooms, we [...]

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Patty Manwaring on September 4th, 2009

Recently two of BeadforLife’s incredible Community Partners, Suzanne Bowman and Donna Theobold who live in the Portsmouth, New Hampshire area invited all of their volunteers for an afternoon get together to have some fun and meet BeadforLife co-founder Torkin Wakefield. This group of volunteers help sell beads and tell the stories of our Ugandan partners who [...]

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Eva Auma on September 1st, 2009

When Jennifer joined BeadforLife in 2007 she was a widow struggling to raise seven children using her merger income from selling cassava.
She didn’t earn enough to pay her children’s school fees hence some dropped out of school at quite an early age.
Joining BeadforLife gave Jennifer an opportunity to earn some money from the bead sales to meet her daily [...]

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