Poverty Eradication
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 [...]
Since the beginning of the year, the Uganda currency has been falling against the dollar. When I moved to Uganda in 2008, you could get about 1600 shillings per dollar. Now the rate is around 2900. Imagine if two years ago you spent $5.50 for a sandwich and today it cost you $10 – that [...]
Two years ago Suubi and Sanyu groups were enrolled into the BeadforLife program, their faces wore a heaviness that could only be interpreted as sadness, worrying, hopelessness and anxiety. They came and rolled many million beads which became small and big businesses, houses, education for their children, independence, acceptance by the community and families. Recalls [...]
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 [...]
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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“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 [...]
BeadforLife Community Partner, Eva Witt Larsen, shares her experience of hosting BeadParties half a world away. Most people already know that BeadforLife’s mission and success can be directly attributed to our amazing network of volunteers and BeadParty hosts, but some may be unfamiliar with the work our Community Partners do, both in the US and [...]