We decided to help other women who made Recycled Paper Jewelry. The jewelry sales help them to provide medical care for their children, to send them full-time to school, to buy their required school uniforms and materials, to have more nutritious food, and to have a better Quality of Life.

In the clinics, as you see in the pictures, the children came with their parents to the clinic, for some of them also have AIDS. More often than not there is a big sister or brother who brings the children to the clinic. The children always seemed to be very happy to be at the clinic. At this Kampala town clinic the children sometimes wait all day for their turn at the clinic. The pediatric clinic is open every day and the children come once or more a month to receive their AIDS medicine.

Uganda is a country torn apart by civil war, particularly in the north. The women who have learned to make these fashionable and beads of many colors have gained self-sufficiency in their lives. The bead sales create an independence that they have never known. We offer the women lessons in entrepreneurship, learning about style, marketing, shipping and the computer.

When Linda met the lady artisans of the National Association of Women Organizations in Uganda, she was impressed with the ladies inquisitiveness and eagerness to learn about business. NAWOU had a meeting to learn about building a cottage artisan business. NAWOU also helps the artisans sell their products internationally.

However, rarely do the women sell enough products to rise completely out of poverty. Since eradication of poverty is the goal of Fair Trade buying, A Fair World hopes that their artisans will reach a sustainable level of living and that with their children’s education finally enables prosperity in these families.