Strategic Sustainable Partnership Program (SSPP)

05/14/2012

Sunday night thought: do our fans like ? Thinking of starting an account...

04/25/2012

Just to provide some context, these are some of the lovely ladies you are helping by selling or buying beads and generally supporting the SSPP cause. Take a look at their stories below.

The Ugandan women in the Banda district of the Acholi Quarters (just outside the capital of Kampala) are rebuilding their lives. Displaced by the long-running military conflict in the North, these entrepreneurial women in the Acholi Quarters produce paper paper beads, begin their own businesses and...

04/17/2012

We've been absent for a bit, but we're back and we want to send a special shout out to the lovely students at Eureka College who are helping us with our cause. THANK YOU!!

One of the most common words in all African languages is the word Ubuntu – Ubuntu, in some languages means people, in others it means humanity; in reality, Ubuntu is the essence of being human. Ubuntu speaks particularly to the fact people can’t exist in isolation. It speaks about our interconnected...

07/31/2011

Join us at 3 p.m. for a beads party in Bethesda thrown by our friend Bobby Samuel! We'll be at The Pub Room at the Residences at Congressional Village. Hope to see you there :)

03/07/2011

time to do some inventory - these new beads look awesome!

03/02/2011

By partnering with us, you are partnering with women like Abalo Alice and helping rebuild her life after being displaced in the war torn Acholi Quarters region of Uganda. Read her story on our website - truly inspirational. http://bit.ly/fuwSvk

Am an Acholi and was displaced from Gulu by the on going rebel activities in northern Uganda. My husband and I were forced by conditions to leave for Kampala where we settled in the Acholi quarter leaving our three children in the Internally Displaced Peoples camp. In the Acholi quarters Kampala, we

12/20/2010

Wishing everyone a very happy holiday season!

11/20/2010

Green was definitely a popular color last night - look forward to seeing the green Poetic Vision Tour posters turned into beads! In the meantime, check out our new gallery. http://bit.ly/9InRkx

11/20/2010

Thanks to everyone who supported us last night at the Poetic Vision Tour. Special thanks to Saad Omar, Dawud Wharnsby and Ms. Latifah for putting on such an inspirational show - we loved it!

11/19/2010

If you're in the Northern Virginia area tonight, stop by the Poetic Vision Tour event - our first official partner! We'll be selling our new beads, and you can meet the founder to learn more about what we're doing in Uganda!
7:30 PM at Nur Center in Falls Church.

The Poetic Vision Tour is a national traveling concert tour that features a fusion of folk-rock music and hip hop poetry, featuring artists with work that is lyrically rich, spiritual, and socially conscious. You can check them out here: http://www.youtube.com/user/poeticvisiontour


Stop by, listen to some great artists and buy some beads - Should be a great event! hope to see you there :)

Videos from the Poetic Vision Tour

11/18/2010

sneak peak: coming soon! what do you guys think of our new beads???