The spectacular bead necklace created by Syndey designer, Susan Storm, is travelling the globe. It will be auctioned in different countries to raise money for Mothers for All. Read more

Susan Storm, creative force behind Mayagems in Sydney, has joined forces with Mothers for All. Susan was raised in South Africa before moving to England and then Australia, where she became a travel writer and photographer. Her travels throughout the world fuelled her fascination with tribal jewellery.

Mothers for All is actively partnering with other non-profit organisations working with orphans and vulnerable children and their caregivers around Botswana. This helps to enhance the impact of our interventions and avoids duplication of services.  We are partnering with Bana Ba Letsatsi and Window of Hope and working with several Peace Corps volunteers.

Our beads are hand-crafted out of all forms of paper waste including discarded magazines, cardboard packaging, calendars and flyers. Paper waste constitutes the greatest part of our society's solid waste at 40%. Organic waste contributes around 20%, metal 6%, glass 3% and the rest comes from other waste products including plastics.

The mothers are not only learning new handicraft skills they are also learning how to pass these skills on to new trainee mothers. Our experienced Selebi-Phikwe mothers now regularly travel to other villages and towns to teach the beading skills. And how they all love these outings!