The activities in the inventory department, at BeadforLife include: purchase of beautiful beads from members, storage, quality control and shipping. Bead jewelry is purchased from
members and sold to meet existing demand. Necklaces, bracelets and earrings are bundled and tagged; differentiated by style and color, before shipment to Europe and North America. The [...]
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“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 mentor [...]
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 [...]
I am called Nuru Nabbumba Kisitu, 23 years old and I come from a humble background. I am the first born in the family of six children and I am openly living with HIV. My life hasn’t been a smooth journey life one can imagine.
Throughout my childhood I experienced infidelity and domestic violence at home [...]
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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 [...]
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The BeadforLife office in Uganda is a flurry of activity today. Past and present beaders fill the front courtyard and porch, children and babies wait patiently for their parents to finish conducting their business, paper sellers market their brightly-colored goods to the beaders, and BeadforLife staff members perform countless tasks all while monitoring the Suubi [...]
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Alaba Katy is 22 years old, a hardworking and determined lady who endured all situations to achieve her dream of being a caterer in order to own a small restaurant one day. Born fifth in a family of seven children, she is the only one educated above primary school.
Katy’s father died when she was very [...]
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Two of the services we offer in our BeadforLife health program are family planning and deworming for the entire family. Currently the average woman in Uganda will bear at least 7 children, many of whom will die in infancy. This repeated child bearing often saps the health of the mother and impoverishes the family who [...]
Following our philosophy that BeadforLife tries not to give handouts, students Sponsored by BeadforLife’s Vocational training program are expected to participate in regular “Give Back” activities. This gives them an opportunity to “pay it forward” for the opportunity they have received, and to let them interact with the local community. A [...]
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One of the hardest issues we confront has to do not with poor nutrition, lack of education or ill health. The hardest issue is dealing with people who have a dependency mindset.
For much of the past 20 years, Uganda has received a huge amount of foreign assistance - in some years it made up almost [...]