Africa

Patty Manwaring on December 6th, 2010

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 [...]

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Beatrice Ochanda - Uganda Staff on December 2nd, 2010

The Vocational Education Training program (VET) students sponsored by BeadforLife visited Kawempe slum, where they counseled people living with HIV/AIDS and sought opportunities to give back. They met a ten year old boy whose name was Dan; at first sight they thought he looked sickly and forlorn. The students, who were deeply touched by his [...]

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Erin Fischer on November 2nd, 2010

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 [...]

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Margaret Grondorf on October 19th, 2010

Recently,  I was sent a stunning visual representation of just how large a continent Africa really is.  Initially, I was struck by the creative artistry and such close approximation of how each country wholly nestles into Africa.  After fully digesting the numbers, a new sense of understanding Africa’s larger problems began to emerge. The sheer [...]

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Erika Nyhus on September 28th, 2010

I have been volunteering with BeadforLife for about a year. Through my volunteer work, I have been fortunate to contribute to two of BeadforLife’s goals—the sale of beads to support sustainable programs in Uganda and the education of people in the U.S. about extreme poverty. I first volunteered for BeadforLife during the national I Volunteer [...]

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Devin Hibbard on September 20th, 2010

Too often, what we hear about Africa is war and famine, corruption and violence. Many people even think Africa is a country, instead of a continent with 57 different countries and countless languages, tribes, and geographies. What is hidden in this broad brush sweep is the growing middle class, the entrepreneurs, opportunities for new technology [...]

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BeadforLife Staff on September 3rd, 2010

Written by Vocational Education Training student – Tushabe Jane Tushabe Jane During my initiation into the BeadforLife program, I was encouraged to give back to the community. I thought perhaps I was expected to donate money to people less privileged than myself, I was pleasantly surprised on the 4th of August 2010 when I visited [...]

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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 proceeds from [...]

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Devin Hibbard on August 16th, 2010

“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 [...]

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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 [...]

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