The purchase of a $10 hand-crafted beaded single-strand necklace could provide the beader, a woman living in poverty in Uganda, with the rent for one month.
The purchase of a $25 choker could mean AIDS drugs for one month, in a country ravaged as much by HIV as it is by war and revolution.
The purchase of a $30 five-strand necklace could equal food for a month for the beader and her family.
Bead for Life founded about a year ago by Ginny Jordan and Torkin Wakefield to eradicate poverty and encourage self-empowerment among the widows, their children and orphans in Uganda. Earring, bracelets and necklaces can be purchased at either a Bead for Life party
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