I really have a hard time with marketing and promotion. I hesitate to do it....even on my own blog. Somehow this endeavor motivates me though. I have quite a few bags and other items that look better in real life than on my etsy page. And I am trying to do something different at the moment.
I believe I have mentioned my friend, who is a refugee from the Congo before on this blog. She wants to start an orphange back in the Congo for children who have lost their parents to war and AIDS. She says that it is so bad there that in many places there is an age gap where there are hardly any people of parenting age. Anyways, I'd like to give money from the sale of my bags (minus shipping I suppose) to her as a surprise before we leave the area.
I've made $40 so far. Almost enough to provide for a child for a month. She says it costs $50 a month to provide EVERYTHING a child needs (3 nourishing meals a day, schooling costs, medicines and new clothes, housing and a warm bed).
I'd like to contribute to some start-up money. So if you buy a bag for $25 or so, all the money will go to her and you will have a groovy bag too. Why here's one now:
If you'd like to help me by mentioning this on your blog, that would be really really cool. But best of all, if you take a moment to remember these kids in your prayers, that would be great too.
They can be purchased here.
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