Poverty
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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While BeadforLife is primarily working to eradicate extreme poverty in Uganda it is important that we also keep in mind the plight of the poor in America. The recession has hit the poor in America hard. Even in the best of times, the 20 to 30 percent of the population that struggle to pay their [...]
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One contributing factor in inspiring me to volunteer for BeadforLife was Jeffrey Sachs’ book The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time. It is the clearest, most readable, and most hopeful of any economics book I have ever read. Sachs, one of the world’s leading economists, describes his goal to end extreme poverty by [...]
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