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Girls love jewellery, especially one with a great backstory.

The Kwagala Project is an organization dedicated to empowering women victimized by human trafficking and/or the commercial sex trade. Through this project, trafficking survivors in Uganda are enrolled in a design school called Free Thereafter, where they learn the art of bead-making. The priority when launching the jewellery-making program was always to keep style and wearability in mind. Additionally, the jewelry made has an awesome story behind it.

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8 Inspirational Quotes from Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president, Nobel Prize winner and anti-Apartheid icon passed away on Thursday at his home in Johannesburg at the age of 95. By any standard, Madiba, as he was fondly referred to by those who loved him, lived a robust, fulfilling and impactful life. Few people have had as much impact on history as Madiba had. History will remember him as one of the greatest men who ever lived – an incredibly selfless man who made so much of a sacrifice to re-write the history of generations of South Africans and the world.

During his lifetime, Mandela inspired us with his numerous words of wisdom, etched in our memories till tomorrow. And his words remain evergreen:

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The Monkey Problem

April 15, 2014 — Leave a comment

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MountEverest, the tallest mountain in the world, used to be a place that stuck reverence to the people who looked upon it. However, with the use of modern mountain-climbing gears and equipment and advanced and accurate weather forecasting, Mount Everest now seems like just another exotic ‘tourist’ destination for anyone who can afford the time and money to climb it. Ironically, not all who attempt the climb to the top of the world reach there alive, yet many still ignorantly take on the challenge. Below are pictures of the state of affairs on Mount Everest:

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