Shea Butter Project
BeadforLife has some BIG plans for the future. Our Board of Directors just authorized a significant scale up of activities in Uganda over the next 5 years with some projects starting as soon as July. Judith Butagira-Tema, our Deputy Director from Uganda, was in Boulder this week to help brainstorm ideas, look at the best [...]
BeadforLife works with nearly 800 women in northern Uganda whose lives have been turned upside down by years of brutal civil war brought on by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Displaced by two decades of civil war, these resillient women are slowly rebuilding their lives. The fair trade income they earn from shea nuts is used to [...]
Continue reading about BeadforLife’s Work in northern Uganda
BeadforLife volunteer, Shaima, recently spent 4 months in northern Uganda working with our local shea butter farmers. Below is an email account of her experience that she shared with family and friends while volunteering. Her insight is sure to give you a more in-depth understanding of the hardships and the joys of life in Uganda. Enjoy! Dear Friends, As I rode packed in [...]
You may remember the July 29th blog entry where you saw and read about the Ugandan team packing a sea container full of our beads, Shea Butter and Soap. After two and a half months in transit, the container finally arrived in the US! It cleared customs in Huston, where Damco (our shipping company) arranged [...]
Continue reading about After a long wait, our sea container has finally arrived!
It was a bright Friday morning; everybody seemed overwhelmed by the activities going on in inventory as we prepared for our very first sea shipment in a huge container that would carry our beads and shea butter to America. Despite the humming and singing of gospel music that goes on in inventory, everyone seemed busy [...]