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Looking for a tasty dish to keep your belly warm this winter? Check out the BeadforLife African Yam and Peanut Stew being served at the new restaurant Downtown Kitchen & Cocktails in Tucson, Arizona. Restrateur Janos Wilder has added this stew to the menu and is generously donating $1-$1.50 per cup/bowl served to BeadforLife! Janos [...]
“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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Continue reading about Meet BeadforLife Volunteer – Joanne Jacoby
In June, the BeadforLife North American office took two days to reflect on the past year and plan for the coming year. To kick off the event, each staff member was asked to write down in 6 words, what BeadforLife means to them. We then took these heartfelt lines and used them to create a [...]
Continue reading about Sharing What BeadforLife Means To You: A Poem
Recently BeadforLife has had the opportunity to collaborate with AVON, selling blue, red, and earth tone bangle bracelets through their catalog. We did this in order to create a larger demand for our Beaders to make jewelry and to broaden our reach to other women throughout the country. Our collaboration with AVON allowed us to [...]
Continue reading about BeadforLife & AVON – A Great Partnership!
An inspiring letter from BeadforLife supporter Geri Strzelecki, Reston, VA: Dear Patty: I wanted to share with you my experience with the BeadforLife Curriculum. First, I would like to tell you that our company (Altum) participates in a program called Smart Sacks. We partner with an organization that provides a sack filled with food to [...]
Re-posted w/ permission: ONE 4/28/10 Dear ONE Member, We’ve recently returned from trips to Senegal, Ghana, Mozambique, Kenya and South Africa, where we saw first-hand the role African mothers play in the health and education of their children. In honor of Mother’s Day on May 9, we’re coming together again to support “Six-Word Memoirs” on [...]