Alternative Gifts

If you don't want to sponsor a girl but you still wish to support BEADS programs in Kenya, here are a few options you might consider!

Buy 5 Books

$20 can provide anxiously awaited-for new arrivals in our school library. Jabberwocky Bookstore (Newburyport, MA) provides most of our books at cost.
Learn more about our Library Programs here.

Help Build Classrooms

$50 can help us reach our goal of completing 8 classrooms
Learn more about our School Improvement Program here.

Support a Town Clean-Up

$75 can provide bags, plastic gloves, rakes, shovels and other tools for environmental awareness.

donate a new or used IPAD/IPHONE FOR OUR ZOOM LESSONS

Host a Maasai Coming Of Age Ceremony—Without the Traditional Cut

$100 can help support an important cultural tradition—in a way that eliminates the negative aspects.
Learn more about BEADS Coming of Age Alternative Ceremonies here.

Support Girls' Enrichment Programs

$250 can fund a two-day workshop for girl groups, including AIDS Awareness training, career counseling, community service projects and more.

Join the BEADS Circle of Friends

$500 can join BEADS Circle of Friends. With this donation, you will receive and a subscription to the BEADS newsletter. Your donation will help with:

  • Curriculum Materials

  • Teacher Training

  • Library Development

  • Computers

  • Solar Lighting

  • Photo Equipment

  • Career Counseling

  • Vocational Training

  • Environmental Education

  • Business Training

  • New Group Development

Major Gift Wish List

View our current wish list in pdf format.To make a donation of items from our Wish List, please email us at
BEADSofKenya@aol.com.