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Give a gift. Decorate your home. Teach someone about where your new art piece comes from. Our AfA Artwork Line is rapidly expanding, as we offer original, handmade paintings and prints from community members in Africa, beautiful greeting cards & designs on barkcloth material from leading African artists, and paintings & photographs from exciting visual artists and photographers that support our mission.

The money you spend goes towards continuing the educational and therapeutic programs in the communities we work with. These communities are then able to provide an income for their families from creating these wonderful crafts and artworks. Help us market and sell our unique and very special items at retail stores, gift shops, craft fairs, festivals and galleries. Email us for details.

Featured Product: The Story of the Acholi – A Village Tale from Uganda

An incredible 2011 summer program led to the creation of our AfA storybook entitled The Story of the Acholi – A Village Tale from Uganda. This was born out of a project that encouraged Acholi community members living in Gulu, northern Uganda to write, paint and perform about their personal stories consisting of family, positive health and peace & reconciliation after the 20 year civil war. Our 56 page storybook is written in both English and Acholi languages, is full of colorful illustrations, displays photographs of participating community members and captures personal quotes about this intimate and ultimately empowering project.

We are extremely proud to announce that our storybook is now available through Amazon.com. It is suitable for children over the age of five, and it makes a wonderful gift for friends and family, as well as a great educational resource for the classroom and at home.

Purchase Book link: www.amazon.com

The Story of the Acholi – A Village Tale from Uganda was made possible through a strong collaboration between Artfully AWARE, Childcare and Development Organization and Karin Parents Association. 100% of proceeds raised through the purchase of our book goes straight back into developing more educational arts programs for community members in Uganda to promote empowerment, support psychological well-being, increase self-esteem and enhance local capacity building.