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The latest from Uganda 2019   We have just returned from visiting the AfriBeads artisans in Uganda and we are excited to share with you the latest developments!   Just in time for the Sydney Gift Fair at Olympic Park, we have selected gorgeous designs in African kitenge fabric to create a new range of skirts and dresses. See the stunning photos from our fashion shoot in Uganda with our beautiful  model, Charity. In homewares, there are new styles in the traditional tribal baskets and market bags. Our group from Australia worked with the women in Uganda to develop new...

Thank you to our AfriBeads supporters for believing in us and enabling us to grow and empower so many people in Uganda! It is 10 years since AfriBeads was born!! It started from a simple idea - to create jobs in Uganda for people living in poverty by providing a market for their hand-made wares in Australia. We now have 20 AfriBeads Mothers and over 30 basket weavers and other specialised artisans earning a regular income by supplying their unique traditional African craft to Australia every month. The group now also has customers in the U.S. Most of the children...

Nin will soon be a graduate of Chiang Mai University. She is a coordinator for me with artisans in Chaing Mai. Nin's smile and cheer is infectious and I enjoy staying in the guest house where she works when she is not at the university. Alice in Lira, Uganda, has finished a large group of necklaces. Did I tell you before that Alice and her two sons built their own house, including digging the footing for cinder blocks. When I was in Kampala, Uganda, in January, 2018, I visited with she and her sons, who have grown up since I...

I SHARE this story written by Sudara: The Sudara Story: Empowering Women and Girls Women at Sewing Center Partner ©PaulaWattsPhotography Did you know that Sudara is a benefit corporation? This means that we are a mission-driven company.  And that our success is not just measured or defined in sales and revenue, but in our positive social impact and creating long-term, sustainable change. We exist to advocate on behalf of and empower women who have escaped from, or at the highest risk of, human trafficking by providing dignified employment opportunities. Since Sudara’s first sewing-center partnership in 2006, we’ve learned that a living-wage employment...

Dressed in her Sunday Best.  Getty Images/Harry Hook By Dina Senkungu Updated August 23, 2016. Editors Note:  I asked my friend Dina to share how Christmas is celebrated back in Uganda, where she still has family as well as a village school which she has personally sponsored.  This story would be a great resource to provide differentiated instruction in a full inclusion classroom.   It is also of value for students of color, especially African American students.   Christmas is called Sekukkulu, in Uganda and is celebrated on the 25th of December. Sekukkulu, the birth of Jesus Christ, begins on the 24th of December with a “watch night” service. We do...