I'm excited right now about the possible connections and things that can happen!
My friend, LeRoy Goertz invented this jewelry making tool he calls the Coiling Gizmo. Essentially it is a tool to wrap wire around itself into amazing beads and other forms of jewelry. People have done beautiful things with it as you can see from the Gallery page.
Now that I'm planning to go to Haiti, LeRoy remembered that he has some extras of these that could be used for Haitian women to begin some micro-enterprise much the same as Ugandan women have been able to do with making paper beads. The NEWSWORTHY organization BeadforLife has created a bridge for the creations of these women to a Western market. They conduct home jewelry sales parties much like the Tupperware model.
Could this be a viable way for Haitian women to earn incomes? It looks like it could be! The best part (to me) is that the curling gizmo requires no batteries or electricity, and the only limit is your imagination!
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