Bead for Life

One of the main proponents of Human Trafficking is poverty. When an individual is living in a state of extreme or devastating poverty, they are much more vulnerable and susceptible to schemes and tricks to accept job offers that turn into forced labor or prostitution. Sometimes families do not have enough money to put food on the table and will take any job offer they can find. Traffickers portray glamorous job opportunities (usually abroad) that sound too good to be true and those desperate for a little bit of money will most times jump at the chance. They'll later find out, once they have accepted the job, relocated away from their family, and given up their identity to their new "employer," that they have been schemed and have no way out. Other times, traffickers will offer loans to help get the family out of their devastation, only asking for a couple years work in return for the money. Once the family accepts the loan, the trafficker sucks them into believing that they owe them more than they really do and some families will get stuck working in labor camps for the rest of their life.

Helping to alleviate the amount of poverty can help to curb the amount of trafficking that occurs worldwide. Bead For Life is an excellent organization that has been working hard at fighting extreme poverty worldwide for the past 6 years. Launched in Uganda in September of 2004, Bead For Life creates opportunities for women in Uganda to lift their families out of extreme poverty by selling beautiful handmade jewelry from recycled paper. The organization provides sustainable communities by reinvesting 100% of their net profits back into development projects for impoverished Ugandans. The development projects provide income, food, education, and healthcare for the communities. Read more on the organization's website about the women that make the jewelry and how they have been able to not only spread health and wealth in their own communities, but also the miracle of hope for families living in poverty worldwide.

Wondering how you can be a part of this awesome organization? Host a Bead for Life party! By hosting a BeadParty, activists can make a stand against poverty no matter the location. The organization provides support for the party from start to finish. When you sign up to host a party, BFL will send you a BeadParty package including lots of fun tools to help inform your guests about the issue and how the organization is helping to make a difference. You'll also be selling beautiful jewelry that your guests can keep as a reminder of how each and every individual in this world CAN make difference in the lives of those less fortunate.

Interested yet??? Please visit : http://www.beadforlife.org/indexH.html