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At 8:35am on March 1, 2009, YOUTH IN BEADING said…
BRIEF HISTORY OF YOUTH IN BEADING
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Youth In Beading (YIB) is a youth beaders group comprising of 15 young beaders some of whom are at school,others school drop outs and the rest photographers and jobless.We came to realized that poverty and youth unemployment is a key menace in our land and since in our Krobo tradition every home have a bead maker we can use our talents in beading to create some decent income generating avenue that can enable us get back to school and pursue or careers as well as have a decent living.

THE REPORT
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The project document presents the collective efforts of the founder and coordinator of the Youth In Beading, dedicated youths and adults within and outside the group to bring about the desire aspirations of the needy youth and adult in Krobo Land.Ghana.

It covers the plans,mission/vision,objectives and operational aspects of the on-going program to empower the brilliant but needy youth/adult in Krobo society and surrounding villages.

JUSTIFICATION
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The phenomenon of the youth unemployment and rural-urban population drift is very evident in Ghana.,making the country obtain one of the highest ratios of youth unemployment and rural-urban drift in the sixteen West African States.This is due to life being unbearable as a result of austerity measures aimed at resuscitating the economy.

The greatest victim of this drift/youth unemployment is the junior secondary school graduates and drop outs as well as non-educated youths between the ages of 15-25 years.Youth and adult finds no hope in the rural occupation of predominantly bead making and farming and that makes them move to the urban areas with high hopes of securing jobs.Upon reaching these centers and realizing that life is even unbearable,they become stranded and are forced into social vices.

Our aim and objectives is to use the abundant beads we produce in Krobo land to render decent sustainable jobs for the youth and adults in Krobo land.

LOCATION
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Youth In Beading project is located on the premises opposite the newly Barclay's Bank at Somanya.Precisely Kadesh House.It is easily accessible by a tarred all weather road from Accra.It has electricity from the mains,pipe borne water,community radio station and all good social amenities.It is approximately 75 kilometers from Accra.

MISSION STATEMENT
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Our primary aim is to unearth the rich potential in the youth in Krobo land and adjoining Districts to empower them economically by engaging and training them into viable bead jewelry employment skills.
This focus is aimed at reducing the unemployment rate for school drop-outs,teenagers,single parent mothers,school leavers and anybody that can fit into this project.

VISION
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Youth In Beading has as it vision the establishment of a heaven for the needy in the society,focusing on the "Train Youth Beaders Project Concept".Seeking to empower the youth in bead jewelry vocational skills and trade.

OBJECTIVES
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These include:
* To give material and financial assistance to Youth In Beading to enable them have decent jobs
* To promote good Krobo bead on the international bead market
* To use beading to create employment to they youth of Krobo

THE PROJECT
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Youth In Beading was initiated by Mr. Ruddy Nartey and a few creative minded youth in Somanya.We have the plight of the youth unemployed,school dropout and vulnerable youth at heart.

We meet once every week to discuss
* How to create contacts with talented western jewelers to foster good relation towards the project
* Forming beaders virgin club in the schools where our female members are
* To monitor and evaluate the project beneficiaries
* To use percentage of our sales to provide educational facilities for he uneducated and semi-educated to learn,read and write
* To rescue the needy and give them vocational,spiritual and moral training aided with bead works.

THE WAY FORWARD
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Youth In Beading needs the services of willing to help bead stringers,jewelers,wire workers and glass artists to come and train/teach us how to blend our traditional bead work with the western beading stuff.

We seek donation/funding in order to consolidate all our efforts into the establishment of:

Youth In Beading vocational center which will mainly be focused on empowering the youth by training them in bead designing and jewelry making.As an initiative,Youth In Beading intends t start the process through sale of our finished beads to bead shops,salons,jewelry fairs,churches,societies,and other willing to help organizations.
That will serve as a platform in interaction to address and identify our needs.

We appeal to any person/institution to consider our plight and donate in kind/cash towards this project that will save lives.

Any donation you make attracts a Krobo beaded necklace as an appreciation towards what you contribute to uplift the image of we in Youth In Beading.

Should you need any vital information contact:

YOUTH IN BEADING
MAIN POST SA 290
SOMANYA KROBO
GHANA 23321
PHONE: +233-287217215
EMAIL: youthinbeading@yahoo.com
At 11:46pm on November 18, 2008, YOUTH IN BEADING said…
want you to come and teach the youths all beading is about.
reply
youthinbeading@yahoo.com
At 11:45pm on November 18, 2008, YOUTH IN BEADING said…
want you to come and teach the youths all beading is about.
reply
youthinbeading@yahoo.com
At 12:27am on September 14, 2008, Serena Lee Pena said…
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At 9:19pm on September 11, 2008, Serena Lee Pena said…
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Age
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I am a/an:
Retailer, Indie Artisan/Crafter, Blogger
I'm here for:
A) Friends, B) Networking, C) Promotion
Website
http://adailydecision.blogspot.com/
My Work can be Found at:
Daily Decisions - Wire Crochet Jewelry for Today

http://adailydecision.blogspot.com/
BIO:
I am a retired RN. I have been retired for 5 years. My husband and I have 7 children, 5 boys and 2 girls. We also have 8 grandchildren.
We have spent most of our lives on Long Island, New York. I was born in Germany and came here in 1953 when I was 4 1/2 years old. Our entire marriage we lived on Long Island. We bought a boat about 6 years ago and spent 2 1/2 years working on it. It is big enough to live on and we have been doing that for the last 2 1/2 years. We travel on the eastern seacoast, in the south in the winter and we go back home to New York in the summer. Last year we did what is called the "Great Loop Trip". Up the Hudson, through the Erie Canal to Lake Ontario and then to Canada - Trent Severn Waterway, Georgian Bay and North Channel - to Lake Michigan to Chicago, down the river system to the Gulf of Mexico and around Florida.

While on our boat I started making crocheted with wire jewelry and started a business run from the boat. I have been crocheting for about 30 years, but never with wire and beads. I found not only did I love it but I had so many necklaces that I needed to live to be 500 to wear them all, so now I sell them.

In my younger days I spent 7 years as a firefighter and rescue worker on Long Island. I raced cars (Enduro races) and scuba dive.

Wire Crochet with beads and semi-precious stones - Unique Handcrafted Jewelry

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I design, make and sell unique crocheted wire jewelry. Fun designs and elegant pieces as well. Most are with beads, including glass, pearl, mother of pearl, and semi - precious stones. Unique designs with a modern touch. This is Knot your grandmothers crochet. Please visit http://adailydecision.blogspot.com/ for more items.

"Blue Sky Fun" is this fun piece. It is light and airy and plays sassy. Some of the beads at the neck have pink flowers with green leaves. It says have fun and dance. It lays between 11 and 12 inches from the clasp to the center front.Non-tarnish silver colored wire is used for this glass bead necklace in aqua color with slight amount of pink flowers on beads of neck.

I love the glitter of this necklace - "Catch the Sun" was just perfect to name it. Standing in the sun it catches all the shine and glitter the sun can give. It measures 12 inches from clasp to center. This brown and gold mixed colored necklace is made from seed beads and mother-of-pearl at the neck. The wire is non-tarnish gold colored.

I call this necklace "Nights in the Everglades" Having anchored out in the Everglades at night, in the pitch darkness with just a glitter of light from the stars shinning, this is what this necklace reminds me of . It hangs from clasp to center 10 inches with the center hearts at 10 1/2 inches. Non-tarnish silver colored wire is used for this hematite bead necklace at the neck . Where the wire is crocheted, black colored wire is used. Hematite hearts adorn the neck.

"Wampum" is my piece that is somewhat different. There is a 2 inch polished shell with a crochet border of silver colored non-tarnish wire. The necklace itself is 21 inches long and has 3 strands of silver non-tarnish wire and amethyst chips.

"Lovely Lady" is a sentimental piece for me. It reminds me of a very dear friend that I met on our "Great Loop" trip. I don't know why it reminds me of her, but it is elegant without being pretentious. It has a simple feeling to it but a deepness of color which reminds me of her spirit and kindness. The name of her boat was "Lovely Lady", and she was certainly that at all times. this is made of amber colored wire both crocheted and the neckwire. The beads are carnelian beads. The clasp of this piece is on the side not on the back The length including the neck wire is 20 inches.

A close up of the hand crocheted wire, and cocoa brown glass beads. "At the beach -Suntan brown" is what I call this piece. In our travels on our boat we have visited many beaches and this is the color of skin that I find most attractive. The length of this necklace is 10 -11 inches from clasp to center front. Non-tarnish silver colored wire is used for this glass brown bead necklace at the neck . Where the wire is crocheted, brown colored wire is used.


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