Atlanta - June 04, 2008

Another Little Piece of Your Heart

Akola Project Bead Necklaces

Yesterday, instead of your usual hands-too-full elevator button cop-out, you held the doors for your condo-owning leasing agent. You smiled and thought to yourself: I’m on a karmic roll.

Layer on a few Akola Project bead necklaces and you’ve added genuine good-heartedness to your do-gooder list.

The colorful, beaded pieces are made by widowed artisans from Uganda’s Buwala village. And they come to you through the Atlanta-based Ugandan American Partnership Organization.

What does your pretty accessory do? Well, for starters, provide wages for the widows, support orphaned children, and bring clean water and jobs to some of the country’s more isolated regions. So don’t be shy about buying in bulk. And speaking of piling on the goodness, the folks at Urban Cottage were so impressed with the charity that they’re not making a dime off the Akola jewelry that they sell.

Some good deeds are for show.

This one is for showing off.

Available at Urban Cottage, 998 North Highland Avenue, Virginia Highland (404-815-9993). For more information, go to theuapo.org.

  Artsy, Do-Gooder