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Bead for Life

Bead for Life. The Impact on Ugandan Communities Seonag Doherty, Mackenna Bowles, & Kelci Reyes-Brannon. Background. Uganda is a small African country (size of Oregon)

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Bead for Life

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  1. Bead for Life The Impact on Ugandan Communities Seonag Doherty, Mackenna Bowles, & Kelci Reyes-Brannon

  2. Background • Uganda is a small African country (size of Oregon) • Endowed with abundant natural resources, thought to have ability to feed all of Africa if not for political and economic challenges • Corruption Perception Index of 2.4 (transparency int’l) • Among world’s poorest nations and has high population growth rates

  3. Ugandan Economy

  4. Health & Equality

  5. Fair TradeEmpowering workers to receive fair price & profit for their goods

  6. Bead for Life

  7. Beading Process

  8. Motivation • To gain a broader understanding of fair trade and its effects on Ugandan Artisans through research on a particular organization • To observe the effects free trade can have on women’s rights and empowering women • To determine if Bead for Life directly improves the quality of life for the communities it serves • To better understand how the dissemination of goods but more importantly ideas effect women in Beads for Life communities • Observe and analyze how one specific fair trade organization effects these women in Ugandan communities

  9. Literature Review • Beads for Life • World Fair Trade Organization • Dutch Association of Worldshops • International Fair Trade Association • Women’s Health • UNICEF • “Artisans and Fair Trade: Crafting Development” by Litrell and Dickson

  10. Theoretical BackgroundFactor Endowment Theory • The Heckscher-Ohlin model is based on the theory of comparative advantage • Predicts trade patterns based on the region’s factor endowments • Countries will export products that use their abundant factors of production and import products that use the countries’ scarce factors • Uganda has abundant cheap labor. Exports cash crops and labor intensive goods (such as the Bead for Life jewelry)

  11. Comparative Advantage

  12. Inter-Industry Trade

  13. Analysis • 99% of members said life has improved since they joined BeadforLife • Income of the respondents went from $30-$50 a month before joining BeadforLife, to an average of $227 a month in 2007 • Over 90% of members report that their diet, health and housing situations have improved during their membership in BeadforLife • 77% of the children who live with the beaders are enrolled in school. Beadforlife evaluation summary 2005

  14. Analysis

  15. Awata Margaret

  16. Analysis • These statistics represent a very very small portion of the overall population • Allows for policy upkeep • Artisan work is extremely different from agricultural work • Prices • Individual

  17. Conclusions • Does fair trade contribute to the welfare of the Ugandan communities involved in Bead for Life? • Does Bead for Life empower the women involved in the program? • How does the money from Bead for Life benefit the Ugandan communities involved?  • Do the organizations create new opportunities for the artisans to develop skills outside of their traditional craft? • How does Bead for Life affect the overall living standard for the artisans?

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