Posted by BRETT TAYLOR on August 15, 2011 0 Comments
Please visit www.cbsnews.com to learn more about the heart-wrenching situation in Somalia.
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Posted by BRETT TAYLOR on January 05, 2011 2 Comments
we're obsessed: relief beads
Baubles for a good cause.
At the recent screening of
Darfur Now, Jessica Biel was wearing bling of the beaded variety. Los Angeles based grassroots campaign
Relief Beads is making handmade African bracelets benefiting Relief International’s charity work for the crisis in Darfur. And Biel isn’t the only one with such a one-of-a-kind accessory. The likes of Mandy Moore, Patrick Dempsey, and the entire cast of
High School Musicalhave chipped in to reach the 250,000 bracelets sold goal. MEGHAN WILLIAMS
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Posted by Shopify on January 04, 2011 0 Comments
GIFTS THAT GIVE BACK: Relief Beads + Compartes Support Darfur
CHOCOLATES (and beads) These dark organic chocolates, from Compartes in California, showing a map of Africa, have creamy fillings of caramelized plantain, Kenyan coffee, cardamom-coconut, crunchy African cocoa nibs and African caramel. The sales help to support a women’s center in Darfur. Boxes are $20 for 5 ($30 for 10 and $50 for 20). Each box comes with one or more “
relief beads” bracelets, which sell separately for $10 and provide two months’ education for a child in Darfur:
www.compartes.com.
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