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Agnes prepping the bead moulds to be put in the oven.

Agnes prepping the bead moulds to be put in the oven.

Agnes Kwao, Bead Maker
Bead-Making Center (Krobo)

Before becoming a bead-maker, Agnes Kwao was a farmer, growing yams, tomatoes and cassava on a farm. Then, in 1999 the rains failed and so did the harvest. Agnes and her husband, a car-fitter, couldn't support their 4 children on what they earned so Agnes decided to learn how to make glass beads from her sister. After just 8 months she felt competent enough to branch out on her own and now, when business is good, she even employs her sister to help her out. Agnes sells her beads twice a month at a market in Koforidua, over an hours drive away from her home in Odumase-Krobo. The journey on public transport, with bags of heavy beads makes market days difficult so Agnes is delighted to be given the opportunity to sell her beads to Global Mamas, whose office is in Odumase-Krobo. With the extra money she can earn, Agnes hopes to give her children a good education and she has high hopes for them. Her daughter wants to be a nurse and she dreams of the three younger boys becoming a bank manager, a doctor and a craftsman to take over the family business.


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