When I first arrived in Cape Town to work with women who live with HIV and AIDS, one of the first Christian business people I met were Ann and Bill Eames. They employed women who lived with the HIV virus, taught them jewellery making and put them to work to make fine but inexpensive, beautiful items that are sold all around the world. They were the first to accept the hand made bags of Evangeline students and have worked so well with me to give other women income. Now we are trying to rebuild the bags business but in the meantime Ann employed Noncedo about whom I wrote earlier to make the bags and even more, she has agreed to put the Evangeline tags on all the bags. I was so happy to see this and here is Veliswa who helps to manage the store holding up the bags with the Evangeline tag. As we work here to help women, what matters is not so much what we each do, although every part is important, but how we support each other and in Ann and Bill, I have that and I am so thankful.
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