Patty Manwaring on January 27th, 2010

BeadforLife has been working with Vermillion Design + Interactive of Boulder, Colorado to re-vision our branding and create a new look that embodies the heart and spirit of BeadforLife and the work we do. We love the end result and think you will too. As always we would love to hear from the many voices [...]

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Patty Manwaring on January 21st, 2010

Check out this great video created by Nam Kiwanuka a great friend of BeadforLife. “>

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Patty Manwaring on January 11th, 2010

Giggles and laughter can be heard in the BeadforLife compound along with the sounds of women repeating phrases in English. A class of 20 women is sitting outside under a tent canopy with their teacher Irene. They are excited because they are doing something very important; they are learning English with the hope of bettering [...]

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Phoebe Hedwig - Uganda Staff on January 4th, 2010

  You have overcome! “Banange kino siki kiriza!” “My dears I can not believe this!” exclaims Constance Nakaliri who has been waiting to get a house for the past one year, really her entire life. Constance is a  beader with the Kakwanzi group.  She graduated  last June before she could build a house because she [...]

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