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BeadforLife Staff on October 19th, 2011

By Irene Namaganda, Membership Coordinator, BeadforLife As the person responsible for BeadforLife’s membership recruitment process in Uganda I have preconceived ideas of who would be a good fit in our program.  I would not, for example, be looking at women carrying a nice hand bag, wearing a pretty dress or living in a fancy house.  My eye is trained [...]

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BeadforLife Staff on October 18th, 2011

Since the beginning of the year, the Uganda currency has been falling against the dollar.  When I moved to Uganda in 2008, you could get about 1600 shillings per dollar. Now the rate is around 2900.  Imagine if two years ago you spent $5.50 for a sandwich and today it cost you $10 – that [...]

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BeadforLife Staff on March 3rd, 2011

I’ve come to the Katanga slums in Kampala with BeadforLife’s Membership Director, Irene, to interview potential beaders.  This was my first time in a slum and I was afraid to take a step for fear of walking in feces or a puddle of urine.  I was immediately overwhelmed by the stench wafting from every direction. [...]

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