Mary’s Story or, The Day Kony Came Georgia Baddley, BeadforLife Community Partner This poem is dedicated to the women of Uganda and the staff and volunteers of BeadforLife. From Kampala we went into the bush off the main Orum road…
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Introducing a repurposed collection with a greater purpose.   Handmade beads from Ethiopia and India, silver-plated toggle clasps, flexible beading wire— these are just a few types of the extra jewelry supplies that had been accumulating from past collections. Instead…
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“I cannot stop beading because beading gave me a foundation. From beading, I was empowered to start thinking ahead. I am grateful for the skills I got from BeadforLife.” -Nanfuka Janat Janat joined BeadforLife in the summer of 2014 and…
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“If it was not for my work I would be finished by now.” – Nagitta Prossy For Prossy, hard work gives her joy. It has empowered her to raise her children after her husband died seven years ago. “Hard work keeps the smile on…
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Photo: Marion in Rwanda, volunteering with women’s co-ops, who sent two representatives to the Fall 2016 SBS training For more than a decade, Marion Taylor has shared her innate passion for making a difference through her involvement with BeadforLife. She was…
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Sadly, I am writing to give honor and acknowledgement to Michael Moore, a dear friend of BeadforLife, who passed away recently. In 2004, in the earliest days of BeadforLife, I returned to British Columbia for a summer holiday. I had…
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At 26 years old, Juliet radiates enthusiasm as she sits under a bright yellow umbrella waiting for mobile money customers. From a distance, one cannot see the physical or inner scars she hides beneath her gorgeous smile and stylish hairdo. Juliet lost her mother when…
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One of the lives that has been transformed through BeadforLife is my own.   In 2004 when I moved to Uganda I knew very little about extreme poverty, about the challenges that the poor face, about the struggles of women to…
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