I intended to write this story years ago! Both the title and the story were intriguing – Ramallama from Buruguwada!!! I’m not sure I’m spelling the name of the village correctly because I never wrote it down and it is NOT on a map. I know it’s there though because we traveled to it many… Read More
I’m jumping ahead 10 years in the timeline of the Eternal Threads journey, but it’s an important story to tell now because we have the opportunity to take part in a one day crowd funding venue on May 15th to raise funds for Rafiatu and the women she serves. I had traveled extensively over the… Read More
Eternal Threads and I recently made a really big change! I moved myself and Eternal Threads back to my home state of Nebraska where our mission began in 2000. I’ll confess that there have been moments when I questioned my sanity in trying to move a house and an organization, but we both seem to… Read More
October 11th is International Day of the Girl established by the United Nations in 2012. There are 1.1 billion girls in the world today. They are smart, creative and talented but limited in opportunities because of gender inequality, lack of education and violence. I witness this potential when I spend time with the rescued girls in the… Read More
Madagascar is known for a vast array of handicrafts, but most of all for hand-loomed wild silk and raffia. If something can be made from raffia, the Malagasy people can do it. They weave it into placemats uniquely combined with vetiver root and reeds, and shape it into the most wonderful animals…giraffes, zebras and those famous… Read More
I met my friend, Janine Maxwell, when we both received the Norman Borlaug Humanitarian award from MedAssets. You need to know her story… At the age of 24 Janine founded what would become one of the most successful marketing companies in Canada. For 16 years, she led Onyx Marketing Group boasting some of the most… Read More
So many of our customers know that when they buy something from Eternal Threads they are directly helping a woman and her family who live in poverty. I’m not sure we can even imagine, however, that the purchases we make may be a lifeline that wouldn’t exist without it. I wrote last week about our… Read More
I traveled to Nepal for the first time in early 2008, a few months after surgery for breast cancer. It was time to re-engage. Since my work began with Eternal Threads in South India, I had become increasingly aware of the trafficking of girls and I wanted to expose myself to learn more. In a… Read More
Trafficking of young women and girls is a worldwide crime of astonishing proportions. They are trafficked in many different ways. They are deceived, kidnapped and even sold by relatives, but poverty is the underlying factor. Girls who have no other way to survive are often lured into sexual slavery with no other options and no… Read More
Irish missionary nuns taught women to crochet lace in Andhra Pradesh, South India during the colonial period. It became a thriving cottage industry and eventually container ships of lace left south Indian ports for Europe and other parts of the world. Our current partners, Surya and Satya of Emmanuel Handicrafts, have worked with village women… Read More