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The story of the Thorn Tree Project is a story of how, for the last six years, against all odds, the nomadic Samburu people of Sereolipi in the northern arid lands of Kenya, through vision, hard work, resourcefulness and a little help from the outside world, have begun to create significant, meaningful and lasting change by providing education for their children.
Believing that education is a key to their survival in the 21st century and a means to preserve the Samburu culture, the community and its leaders created the Sereolipi Nomadic Education Trust. In just five years, the number of children in school has grown from 130 to over 685.
The dedicated mothers of the Thorn Tree Project create these beaded bracelets to earn money for the schools. Using old tires found on the roads to provide a shape, the mothers apply their traditional and elaborate beading skills to fashion very stylish bracelets. The Samburu women of the Thorn Tree Project are using their traditional, cultural skills, ingenuity and dedication to educate their children for the 21st century.
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