A Village Life

01/23/2015

Updating our website to an all new format! It will be down in the meantime. Thanks for your understanding.

11/01/2014

Dont Forget the African Baazar in Truckee Today 11-4:30 at the PUD.

10/22/2014

All cultures have stories passed down from generation to generation. This is an rare look at the Hambukushu's belief in river monsters.

http://ngepicamp.com/okavango-river-monsters-and-other-secrets-of-the-hambukushu-people/

The sun is just beginning to set as you poll your mokoro along the panhandle of the Okavango. It’s been a successful but long day of fishing, and tonight there’ll be tilapia for dinner, enough for ...

10/07/2014

Due to the generous support from the Women as Change Makers conference we sold 2700 EL. All 2700 was sent this morning to the women in the manzani market. 1500 will be brought to the boys orphanage to help keep the boys in school! The other 1200 is for the women to invest in their business and to purchase chickens for Christmas dinner! $1 truly makes a difference! Thank you all for you support!!!

10/05/2014

Due to the misuse of funds by the Swazi King, the women we work with in Swaziland are going to have an even more difficult time selling their jewlery. This will severely impact their quality of life and their standard of living.

As of January 1, 2015, Swaziland will no longer be eligible for preferential trade benefits under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), U.S. legislation enacted in 2000 that allows duty-free access to certain U.S. markets, contingent on upholding various human rights and labor practice standards.

10/04/2014

Working with so many amazing women in Swaziland- this is very interesting


http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/10/141003-swaziland-africa-king-mswati-reed-dance/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_fb20141003news-swaziland&utm_campaign=Content&sf4966366=1

Swaziland king faces increasing criticism for his lavish lifestyle as nation struggles.

10/02/2014

Proud to be a vender at an amazing event tomorrow!

03/26/2014

Looking for new ideas to sell our African Jewelry. If you have any thoughts please get it touch with us.

01/25/2014

If you want to see poverty eradicated and peoples lives changed read what Bill and Melinda Gates have to say! As always these two are an inspiration.

http://annualletter.gatesfoundation.org/ =home

Over the holidays I read The Most Powerful Idea in the World, a brilliant chronicle by William Rosen of the many innovations it took to harness steam power. Among the most important were a new way to measure the energy output of engines and a micrometer dubbed the "Lord Chancellor," able to gauge ti...

12/14/2013

A Village Life is guided by Nelson Mandela's Principals of Ubuntu
"You can make his work your own"

http://www.avillagelife.com/philosophy.html

12/14/2013

If you have 19 min watch a Speech that gives thanks to the man who not only inspired a nation but the world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SggOsfjsL0c

President Obama delivers remarks at a national memorial service for former South African President Nelson Mandela. December 10, 2013.