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Uganda
Crafts 2000
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Nov 2004 - I
recently visited one of the larger craft shops in Kampala to find out more about their operations. The manager, Betty, has no use of her legs.
In fact, all of the local crafts at "Uganda Crafts 2000"
are made by people with disabilities. Every Friday, the artisans come to the shop to deliver what they have made during the week at home. There's also a workshop out back where some people were making sandals on the day I happened to visit.
When I asked Betty to tell me about how the place runs, she said, "Well, we used to be an NGO, but then we realized we had accomplished all of our objectives, and so we privatized."
Now that's the kind of story I love to hear!
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| Christina
Jordan
has been Life in Africa's volunteer Managing Director
since it's conception in 1999. Originally from
California, Christina has lived, traveled or worked in
38 countries in 38 years. She is mother to Thomas (9),
Lucas (7) and Benjamin (-1) and wife to Epko Haitsma
from the Netherlands. She has lived in Uganda with her
family since 1998. Her vision for developing the Life
in Africa Network for Webbed Empowerment has
been supported by the Ashoka
Network of Innovators for the Public since 2001 Read
more >>>>
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Grassroots Heroes
My Able
Mom
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Joseph Kitagenda |
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disabled single mother's determination taught her son what it
really means to
live. Joseph's wonderfully written tribute to his mother's life in Africa is
a beautiful testimony to the power of determination, and faith in our own abilities to overcome life's challenges.
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 Proverbial Africa
It's
better to go blind
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| The November 2004
debut issue of Echoes of Africa brings you success stories from one of Africa's most marginalized population groups -
the disabled. These stories remind us that disability does
not mean inability, and they also lend meaning to the proverb above - the most important thing in life is to
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