In the honor of their newest arrival, Kaleia Joy, Jillian from Rooted in Love did a contests on her blog. The scheme of the blog was to guess Kaleia's birth, her birth weight and length. I guessed baby Kaleia would weigh 7lbs 15oz.... and I was right!
My prize... two beautiful bracelets!
My prize... two beautiful bracelets!
Not only were these bracelets beautiful, they mean something. These bracelets, or to be more percise, the beads mean income for impoverished women and their families in Uganda. They mean money for food, medicine and school fees.
Bead for Life provides a way for women in Uganda to not only work their way out of poverty by making beads, but the goal is for these women to then be independant from the Bead for Life organization in 27 months. So by purchasing a beautiful necklace or bracelet from Bead for Life you are impowering a woman for the rest of her life.
I read a statistic a littl while a go that said 1 in 5 people in the world live on less tahn 1 dollar a day. Can you even imagine that? I can't. But for as little as 5 dollars, you can change the life of a woman aner her family in Uganda.
Hmm.. I'm thinking a few bracelets from Bead for Life would make great birthday presents for your friends, a thoughtful gift for your girlfriend or wife, or fit perfectly in a plastic Easter egg!
Stay tuned for pictures from the Bead for Life party I'm hosting at the end of March.
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