Tag: Bead For Life

Whatever happened to Bead for Life?

BY BOOTS TOLSDORF – As I have not been seen standing by the post office on a weekly basis selling my Ugandan women’s handmade jewelry made of recycled paper, many friends and acquaintances have...

Bead for Life: entrepreneurship, education, empowerment

March 15, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
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■ BY BOOTS TOLSDORF Rosette is 19 years old and was living with her husband and one-year-old son in a mud house in a swampy area that flooded every time it rained. At first, her husband forbade her...

Boots’ Bead for Life campaign: How do women become a part of the program?

March 1, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
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■ BY BOOTS TOLSDORF I am frequently asked about the process of recruiting and training women beaders who learn the craft of rolling recycled paper into the rather intricate patterns of the various jewelry...

Boots and her beads: How did Bead for Life get started? Part I of a series

February 22, 2019
Marcy Shortuse
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■ BY BOOTS TOLSDORF Many of you, over the last several years, have noticed me standing near the post office on a beautiful afternoon selling brightly colored jewelry. Many of you have purchased and...