In our never ending commitment to becoming more sustainable, the BeadforLife environmental committee attended a “greening your office” session last Friday.  The Business Leaders in Action for Sustainability Today or BLAST! is an entity created by the folks at Amadeus Consulting, an amazing tech consulting group who offers a free presentation to other businesses and [...]

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The activities in the inventory department, at BeadforLife include: purchase of beautiful beads from members, storage, quality control and shipping. Bead jewelry is purchased from members and sold to meet existing demand. Necklaces, bracelets and earrings are bundled and tagged; differentiated by style and color, before shipment to Europe and North America. The proceeds from [...]

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Devin Hibbard on August 16th, 2010

“We want to sing you a song to bring you twins!” shouted the women, before engulfing BeadforLife staff member Phoebe Aringo in a tide of clapping, dancing, ululating bodies, showering prayers for two babies. As the coordinator of Suubi group, Phoebe has worked with these women for the past two years, acting as resource and [...]

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Margaret Grondorf on August 9th, 2010

BeadforLife Community Partner, Eva Witt Larsen, shares her experience of hosting BeadParties half a world away. Most people already know that BeadforLife’s mission and success can be directly attributed to our amazing network of volunteers and BeadParty hosts, but some may be unfamiliar with the work our Community Partners do, both in the US and [...]

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BeadforLife Staff on August 3rd, 2010

I am from Los Angeles, California. I grew up in California, went to Berkeley in the 60s, and was a full-fledged hippie. I love to travel and have been blessed to see a lot of the world, including recently living and working in Madurai, India and Kisumu, Africa. I worked in both places as a psychotherapist training [...]

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