Cards from Africa

At the moment I would say the earth is in a pretty bad way as far as people go, wars are going on and nobody knows why....   I mean we are told why on the news but it just doesn't make sense. Trust is being broken all over the globe and populations of people are turning against their own governments because of the breakdown of trust and respect.
Youths attack with guns and knives and hatred is fast outgrowing love.


Despite this, there are still good things happening around the planet, we just don't seem to hear about it as much, people tend to focus on bad news and forget about all the good things that are happening.


One example I would like to give is of an organisation that has been set up in Rwanda called 'Cards from Africa'. In a place that has been affected by genocide & war and more recently disease, there has been a seed of hope planted by Chris Page who had the idea back in 2004 to set up 'Cards from Africa' to help generate an income for the orphaned youths of Rwanda. 

The full story can be read on Cards from Africa's website - click here to learn more. 
A snippet of their story can be read below:
'Chris teamed up with Rwandan artist Gabriel Dusabe and together they learned how to make paper and create simple card prototypes. Their first employee was a young orphaned woman named Ariette. After one month's time they asked her to bring another friend to train but she brought two! Shortly after, twenty more orphaned youth were trained and the business was born. Our profits are continually reinvested into company operations as well as the lives of our staff. Our hope is to grow to provide steady employment to 300 orphaned young people in Rwanda and to provide a model for sustainable job creation in Africa.' (ref: cards from africa website; a brief history)




I love the idea that this organisation has been set up to help the orphans of Rwanda to generate their own income rather than just to raise charitable donations which don't always help the cause. The youths of Rwanda have been given a sense of hope and a chance to make their own life good because of the good will of one man's idea.


Amor Uk now sells a selection of cards all completely handmade from scratch by the people at 'Cards from Africa'. These cards are beautiful and each one takes around 30 minutes to create. All the paper is handmade from local Rwandan office waste, making it environmentally sustainable too. 

As quoted on the 'Cards from Africa' website.....   'Beautiful Cards. Better Lives'. For every card you purchase you are helping to generate an income for a generation of youths and making their lives that little bit better each day.


To see the range of cards we have available please click here