One of the lives that has been transformed through BeadforLife is my own. In 2004 when I moved to Uganda I knew very little about extreme poverty, about the challenges that the poor face, about the struggles of women to…
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Fleeing the Congo with her husband and children meant that Sharifa had to leave everything she knew and loved behind. The country was in a turmoil of civil war and this young family had fled for their lives. They arrived…
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I met Issac in 2005 at an open air restaurant where he was making his way from one table to another. “Can you sponsor me for high school?” he asked quietly his eyes downcast. He told me that he was…
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by Torkin Wakefield “My jajja (grandmother) raised me and my brothers and sisters. And also some cousins and neighborhood orphans. She said that although she could not send us all to school but for a few years she was glad…
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While BeadforLife is primarily working to eradicate extreme poverty in Uganda it is important that we also keep in mind the plight of the poor in America. The recession has hit the poor in America hard. Even in the best…
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