Beading Community

After meeting and visiting Elvis, Meron and Mercy, the team traveled to meet with a group of 80 women and 10 men that make and sell beautifully handcrafted paper beads as an income generating activity. The major source of income in Uganda is subsistence farming but that has been greatly affected by civil strife for the past 20+ years. The average household income in these two ADP's is about $.90/day US. We did our very best to stimulate their economy by buying a vast amount of their inventory. For the team that visited in September, this is the same beading community except they have broadened their beading making to include earrings and purses in addition to the necklaces. Sara