Many informative and colorful articles have been published about BeadforLife, helping us to spread the word about the project. You can read many of these articles below.

Press Contact: Devin Hibbard
phone: 206-228-9819

Newsletter Archive: click here


..Press Kit: ........Factsheet .....Founders ......Meet the Beaders .....Photos .....Video
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PRESS GALLERY

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May 2008
Micro-enterprise, macro hope
The Boston Globe


Spring 2008
5-page fashion spread modelling with Beads
African Woman Magazine
(the magazine has no website yet, but the above link tells the story of its founder and
her role in supporting women in Africa)



November 2007
Pass It On column
Guideposts Magazine


November 2007
Green Holiday Gift Guide
Kiwi Magazine



July/Aug 2007
A Storyteller's Journey in Africa
Storytelling Magazine





October 31, 2007
In Africa, a papercraft path out of poverty
The Christian Science Monitor

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August, 2007
Strings of hope
Colorado Daily News
June, 2007
The Africa Issue
Vanity Fair Magazine


June, 2007
Infotech - going, going everywhere
Business Week Magazine

 

 
May, 2007
Making a Difference
NBC Nightly News (select the item: Selling beads and Making a Difference)
March, 2007
Between the Lines
Sojourners Magazine
February, 2007
Bead For Life: Helping Ugandan women out of poverty
Seattle Woman Magazine

November 8, 2006
BeadforLife Volunteer, Los Altos chiropractor addresses African poverty, one bead at a time
Los Altos Town Crier

 

November 2, 2006
Beads for a better life: A group of local women open their hearts, homes and communities to buy and sell handmade beads to help Ugandan women generate income to raise their families out of poverty
Mobile Press Register

 

October, 2006
BeadforLife supporting women out of paper
True Uganda

 

September, 2006
Paper beads create income, hope for Ugandan women: Nonprofit brings ware to marketplace, feeds families
Boulder Country Business Report

 

July, 2006
Beads help lift African women out of poverty
The Capital
Annapolis, MD

July 18, 2006
BeadsforLife at Beads and More
Republican-American
Waterbury, CT

 

June, 2006
Strings of beads connect cultures: Proceeds from jewelry parties support poor women in Uganda.
Fort Wayne News-Sentinel

 

Spring, 2006
Accessorizing their way out of poverty: How paper beads can change a life
African Woman

May, 2006
Treasures from Afar: How a souvenir necklace inspired three women to improve the lives of Uganda families halfway around the world
Family Circle

 

March - May, 2006
Beads for hope, courage and life
Beadwork March
Beadwork May

 

March, April, 2006
Beading for their lives
World and I

 

March, 2006
Bead Work: Two Boulderites help poor women turn baubles into business
5280 Magazine

 

March/April, 2006
Navigator People: Bead Buddies
AARP

 

Nov/December, 2005
Feel-Good Fashion
Sierra Club Magazine

October, 2005
Fair-Trade Policy: Paulette Cole's Mission is to Make ABC Carpet & Home a Kinder, Gentler Place
New York Times Magazine

October, 2005
Fashion Fights Poverty
Washington Examiner

 

August, 2005
The Beaders Tale
Utne Reader

February, 2005
From Uganda to Boulder: Friends start BeadforLife to help women in Africa improve their lives
Daily Camera

 

January, 2005
Beads for Life: Two Coloradans discover a way to help the women of Uganda, one colorful bead at a time.
Denver Post

 

December, 2004
Beads of Hope
O Magazine