Celebrate

Phoebe Hedwig - Uganda Staff on January 4th, 2010

 
You have overcome! “Banange kino siki kiriza!” “My dears I can not believe this!” exclaims Constance Nakaliri who has been waiting to get a house for the past one year, really her entire life.
Constance is a  beader with the Kakwanzi group.  She graduated  last June before she could build a house because she was too [...]

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Patty Manwaring on October 6th, 2009

In 2005 an estimated 40,000 children were fighting to survive in the midst of Uganda’s 20-year civil war. Many children escaped death every night by walking from rural villages into the town of Gulu and other urban centers for safety.
Upon hearing this story, in 2005, two Canadians began walking every night to downtown Toronto to [...]

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Ashley Rein on June 22nd, 2009

The road construction by our studio has let up, making it much easier to visit us.  We are celebrating!  We’re putting away the daily-used-dust-clothes, opening our doors for fresh air and decorating ourselves with colorful beads.  Come join us at our store on Friday, June 26 for our celebration…or an excuse to eat sugar peanuts [...]

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