Sccuubi beaded necklace with matching earrings
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Price:
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$35.00
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Color:
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Hot pink and black with silver tone accent
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Length:
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10.5 inches
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3
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POH's Suubi (Hope) Beads are hand-made by women and girls transitioning out of prostitution. By learning bead making, among other skills, the young women enrolled in our program are fashioning alternative ways to earn money. Bwaise, a large slum in Kampala, is home to the thirty-plus girls currently enrolled in our POH Vocational Program. Regardless of the myriad ways girls are inducted into prostitution, one factor is unvarying-they all desperately want to get out. Our hope: Creating this jewelry is one way for them to do it.
The beads are created by using recycled paper, a steady hand, and an enormous degree of patience. Each bead is rolled tightly around a needle or tiny stick. The beads are then threaded and varnished several times thus making them hard, water resistant, and glossy. When the beads are dry, the girls separate them by color and construct a design. This is their favorite part, they tell us. The girls enjoy the freedom of being creative and artistic-something most of them have never before had the opportunity to express.
Thank you for your purchase as it gives them the better life they so deserve. |