Ending poverty in Africa is not about being fair! #fairtrade
Week beginning 15 February 2010 was always going to be a very exciting week at Ethnic Supplies Ltd for several reasons We had submitted samples of beads from Uganda and Rwanda to a UK based wholesaler of beads and she loved the lot so much so that she decided to include them in Major Art [...]
What is Christmas like in Africa?
This is a question that I have had to answer more times than I care to remember! In this thread I will tell you about Christmas in my family back in Uganda Christmas had always been a happy day in our household not least because it was the only day of the year that mother [...]
Gahaya links- A Woman’s dream to help other women
Gahaya links- A Woman’s dream to help other women On 2 October 2009 I received an email from my buddy @TMSRuge inviting me to an exclusive online conversation with activist Willa Shalit I had to stay up rather late for this conversation but at the end I felt it was worth it. During that conversation [...]
Rwanda, the rising nation
Rwanda- THE PAST When one mentions Rwanda most folk immediately think of the 1994 genocide. The people of Rwanda suffered the worst genocide in modern times. The differences between the Tutsis and Hutus the two ethnic groups in Rwanda go back a long way and it said these were compounded by the colonisation of the [...]
Surreal motoring stories?
Here in the UK we are used to the fact that when you are involved in a motor accident you stop, swap insurance details with the other party and that the Police may be involved to enforce the law especially if a person was injured in the process. Image via Wikipedia But this is not [...]
In her shoes: My descent in entrepreneurial hell
In her shoes is a series of anonymous posts from women in business, sharing their experience. In your comments you are asked to answer the question – What would you do in her shoes? My story began 9 months ago; it is a story of self-realisation, friendship, love and betrayal. After 11 years at home [...]
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