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Nov
28

Favor: An Act Of Grace or Goodwill

BeadforLife Staff on November 28th, 2011

BeadforLife is excited to share stories of three amazing women from our newest group of bead makers, Favor.  These women are changing their lives and providing food, schooling and hope for their children.  We are so inspired by them and know you will be to. Meet Rosette: Rosette is a 34 year old widowed mother of 6 children whose ages [...]

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Nov
3

What’s “A Woman’s Place” In Population Control?

BeadforLife Staff on November 3rd, 2011

According to United Nations the 7 billionth person was born this week. CNN recently posted an article entitled: How women defused population bomb.  In his article, Fred Pearce talks about how “women today are having half as many children as their mothers and grandmothers. The global average is now down to 2.5 children per woman, [...]

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Oct
28

What Was Once Called “The World’s Worst Forgotten Humanitarian Crisis?”

BeadforLife Staff on October 28th, 2011

“The world’s worst forgotten humanitarian crisis” according to former U.N. Humanitarian Coordinator Jan Egeland, was northern Uganda.  Mr. Egeland made this remark in 2006 and while northern Uganda “is dramatically different than it was in 2006,” the effects of Joseph Kony’s reign of terror can be felt when you talk to many of the members of BeadforLife’s Shea Project. Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army [...]

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