Poverty
Andrew and Jillian met while Andrew was coaching a soccer camp at Jillian’s church. They had heard about each other for years, but hadn’t actually met until Andrew stopped by Jillian’s office at the end of the summer two years ago. That visit sparked six months of long distance communication, multiple [...]
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BeadforLife has been working with Vermillion Design + Interactive of Boulder, Colorado to re-vision our branding and create a new look that embodies the heart and spirit of BeadforLife and the work we do. We love the end result and think you will too.
As always we would love to hear from the many voices of [...]
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Check out this great video created by Nam Kiwanuka a great friend of BeadforLife.
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This is a hip hop song written by a young man, Short Richard Bills, who has started a paper selling business to supply paper to the BeadforLife Beaders.
Short Richard’s story is an example of how one person helped create the paper bead industry in Uganda. Richard will now be able to lift his family out [...]
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I wasn’t exactly looking for something like BeadforLife when I stumbled upon it my sophomore year of college. “I want to do something with Africa,” I told professor McLean that day in her office. As a young aspiring journalist turned anthropologist, I knew I wanted to make a difference. Never in 100 years did I [...]
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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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It is essential that we examine and compare the patterns of extreme poverty on all levels, whether it is local or global, if we are to understand its complexity and gain the means to eradicate it. As they say, with knowledge comes power!
Here’s a glimpse…
Microcosm: Children in Colorado are plummeting beneath the poverty line and [...]
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When Jennifer joined BeadforLife in 2007 she was a widow struggling to raise seven children using her merger income from selling cassava.
She didn’t earn enough to pay her children’s school fees hence some dropped out of school at quite an early age.
Joining BeadforLife gave Jennifer an opportunity to earn some money from the bead sales to meet her daily [...]
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It’s a beautiful Monday morning at BeadforLife in Uganda. The morning mist is just clearing and a soft breeze is rustling leaves in the flowering trees.
The BeadforLife week has begun with many warm greetings and much activity. There is a staff meeting in the front room, bundling, tagging, and counting of beads in the front [...]
BeadforLife is participating in the first annual Fair Trade 2010 Calendar Photograph Contest! BeadforLife’s amazing photographer Charles Steinberg has entered two photos in the competition. We’ve been extremely blessed and grateful to have Charles capture and tell the BeadforLife story through his stunning photos. We think it would be great if his beautful photos were featured in [...]
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