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Beads of change: Empowerment by DeZine
By Jane Konkel
DeZine is a small factory in South Africa that employs mostly women, many of whom are physically challenged. As supporters of the Black Economic Empow.....

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Beads of Change: Warm pendant meets cool lampwork
By Jane Konkel
Resourceful artists work with industry to repurpose what would otherwise go to waste. Pair one with Liz Rowe's lampwork beads and hang from leather co.....

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Beads of change: Recycled glass buttons
By Jane Konkel
Bead makers at the Retado Bead Industry in Odumasi Krobo, Ghana crush glass from bottles or window panes, funnel it into clay molds, and fire it in a .....

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Beads of change: Outback wood beads
By Jane Konkel
The wood for these beads is found on the forest floor or recycled from discarded timbers in western Australia. The most common timbers used for these .....

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Beads of change: Ivory alternative
By Jane Konkel
Tagua (tah-gwa) nuts grow on palm trees in the tropical rain forests of South America. After the seedpods ripen and fall to the ground, harvesters dry.....

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Beads of change: On a wing and a prayer
By Jane Konkel
These amazing prayer beads are handmade from yak bone, then inlaid with coral, turquoise, brass, and copper by Lhamo, her son, and other Tibetan refug.....

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Beads of change: Bead to Feed
By Cathy Jakicic
The Nyame Adom Foundation of America is building a series of small orphanages to help children orphaned by the AIDS epidemic in Ghana. NAFofA's missio.....

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Beads of change: Kakwanzi means "precious bead"
By Jane Konkel
BeadforLife is a nonprofit organization that creates jobs for a group of Ugandan people fleeing war or living with HIV/AIDS. Before joining the group,.....

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Beads of change: Venetian-style beads from Indonesia
By Jane Konkel
On the island of Java, master bead maker Samodra and a team of 20 make lampworked beads. They use traditional gasoline-fueled torches called minyak ta.....

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Beads of change: Pre-Columbian art
By Cathy Jakicic
The Colombian Craft Connection was created to foster economic growth for Colombia's youth, women, and indigenous peoples. Pre-Columbian art is charact.....

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