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Helping the Single Mothers of Sri Lanka

Helping the Single Mothers of Sri Lanka

by Lulu Stories | Oct 24, 2022 | Happenings in Sri Lanka, Lulu Mamas, Uncategorized

By Emily This summer we fasted and prayed for 40 days, asking God: a) if He wanted the Lulu Tree to continue, and b) if so, where He would have us go. He said: a) yes, and b) to go “to the other side.” And then we felt Him specifically direct us to Sri Lanka, an...
Stories from mothers learning tailoring in India

Stories from mothers learning tailoring in India

by Emily | Oct 10, 2022 | Happenings in India, Lulu Mamas, Sustainability, Uncategorized

Dear Lulu Tree Family — we asked our partners in north and south India if they would share stories from the tailoring centers of the mothers who are being trained so they can care for their families. Following are those stories, straight from the source. Be...
Half the Sky: The Lulu Tree’s Renewed Focus on Single Mothers

Half the Sky: The Lulu Tree’s Renewed Focus on Single Mothers

by Lulu Stories | Aug 29, 2022 | Lulu Mamas, Lulu Tree Updates, Our Vision, The Lulu Tree philosophy, Uncategorized

By Emily Theresa Half the sky is held up by women. – Chinese proverb  I’m on a road trip with my family, driving through the Canadian prairies, and the pale land stretches like a long, flat face stubbled with corn and wheat. We pass tired old grain elevators that once...
Happy Mother’s Day!! The Story of a Mother who’s Triumphing over Poverty

Happy Mother’s Day!! The Story of a Mother who’s Triumphing over Poverty

by Lulu Stories | May 9, 2022 | Happenings In Katwe, Happenings in Uganda, Lulu Mamas

by Mommy Emily We found her sweeping streets as Uganda’s sun stretched its arms awake. Dressed in a bright orange jersey with tired, swept-up hair, the brisk activity of her grass broom proved this thin woman was anything but what her name suggested. “Lazia”...
Amina’s Story – How a Mama from the Slums is Going Sustainable (from Erica’s and Emily’s March 2022 trip)

Amina’s Story – How a Mama from the Slums is Going Sustainable (from Erica’s and Emily’s March 2022 trip)

by Emily | Apr 11, 2022 | Happenings in Uganda, Lulu Mamas

Her dimples run deep, like furrows in brown soil, and her eyes turn up at the ends when she’s truly happy. I’ve known her for eight years, since Lulu’s birth. She’s my Amina. Her name means “Honest and Faithful” in Arabic, and that’s what she is, this mother of many...
The Grand Opening of the Birthing Clinic in Sierra Leone

The Grand Opening of the Birthing Clinic in Sierra Leone

by Lulu Stories | Mar 7, 2022 | Happenings in Sierra Leone, Lulu Mamas, Lulu News

By Mommy Emily   She’d died alone on a cold stone floor giving birth to twins. The same day the birthing clinic opened.   I wasn’t there, but I imagine a cotton tree might have drooped its head outside her home, a house built of the same clay earth it sat...
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