SameSky Bracelets: Miss USA Official Trade Initiative

I have long been a fan of these bracelets because not only are they gorgeous but the very women that make them in Rwanda are true every day heroes. Founded in 2008, SAME SKY aims to be a part of the global movement lifting women out of poverty by giving them the tools to become entrepreneurs and lead self-sustaining lives.

SAME SKY’s trade-not-aid initiative uses jewelry to effect change in Rwanda – one woman at a time. SAME SKY works with Gahaya Links a company that employs HIV+ women, all of whom are survivors of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. These women artisans have been trained to crochet and make bracelets using our unique hand-blown glass beads. 

Lissette Garcia, Miss FL USA, and Angela Byrd, Miss HI USA  are wearing two bracelets from the line. They are gorgeous in person with colors ranging from orange crush to frosted peacock. Each bracelet comes signed by the woman in Rwanda who crocheted that individual piece.

All of the net proceeds from each sale are reinvested into the company to further employ women and this empowering initiative. 

Join the Miss Universe Organization and women everywhere with the same mission under the same sky. 

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