Welcome

Welcome to Thembalethu Beaders home of the best hand crafted bead work, where unemployed women in the rural areas of South Africa who are skilled in the art of producing geometrically intricate beaded crafts, despite the handicap of being illiterate, have been assisted by Thembalethu to craft these items you see on this site. These items are unique as they were hand made with love, care, pride and the knowledge that it will feed, clothe and educate another child of the village.

In the world wide effort to eradicate the scourge of HIV/AIDS the women of South Africa are making their contribution.