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BeadWORKS - Supporting Women, Wildlife, Communi...

BeadWORKS partners with established women’s groups in conservancies to help them turn their traditional craft skills into a viable, sustainable business. There are over 1,021 women in nine conservancies now...

BeadWORKS - Supporting Women, Wildlife, Communi...

BeadWORKS partners with established women’s groups in conservancies to help them turn their traditional craft skills into a viable, sustainable business. There are over 1,021 women in nine conservancies now...

Beads of Hope: Beads allowing children to go to...

Pastoralism and bead works are both social and economic activities that the community does effortlessly. In recent years, the community has been able to significantly monetize bead works and the...

Beads of Hope: Beads allowing children to go to...

Pastoralism and bead works are both social and economic activities that the community does effortlessly. In recent years, the community has been able to significantly monetize bead works and the...

Wildlife conservation changing lives in the north

“Initially we used to sell chang’aa but despite fetching us some income it was a source of conflict in the family. NRT has empowered us through beadWORKS and even if...

Wildlife conservation changing lives in the north

“Initially we used to sell chang’aa but despite fetching us some income it was a source of conflict in the family. NRT has empowered us through beadWORKS and even if...

BeadWORKS creates harmony between communities

BeadWORKS started in 2015 with about 500 women artisans in five commuinitiy conservancies and has grown to over 1,350 women artisans in nine community conservancies in northern Kenya.

BeadWORKS creates harmony between communities

BeadWORKS started in 2015 with about 500 women artisans in five commuinitiy conservancies and has grown to over 1,350 women artisans in nine community conservancies in northern Kenya.

Beads Turn Kenyan Women Into Entrepreneurs—and ...

As a member of the Samburu tribe, 30-year-old Nalan’gu Lokoloto is expected to remain at her home in Kalama Conservancy—for days and sometimes weeks—while her husband is out tending to...

Beads Turn Kenyan Women Into Entrepreneurs—and ...

As a member of the Samburu tribe, 30-year-old Nalan’gu Lokoloto is expected to remain at her home in Kalama Conservancy—for days and sometimes weeks—while her husband is out tending to...

Women Entrepreneurs Take On Gender Stereotypes ...

BeadWORKS was the first NRT Trading business to be established, and has used the conservancy structure both as a catalyst for women-focused enterprise, and as leverage when approaching investors and...

Women Entrepreneurs Take On Gender Stereotypes ...

BeadWORKS was the first NRT Trading business to be established, and has used the conservancy structure both as a catalyst for women-focused enterprise, and as leverage when approaching investors and...