of the things that shapes our world. And guess what?
Our world holds a whole lot of people who have neither
the means nor the access to creative self expression.
Indeed for many on this shared planet of ours, the notion
of art is a distant and inaccessible impossibility.
And that's where WE.LINX comes in. WE.LINX is a partnership;
a link if U will, between ULINX and U, our customer.
A portion of the money U spend with us goes to fund programs that help underprivileged kids worldwide get a chance
to have a little creative self-expression of their own.
WE.LINX donates art supplies and educational material
to kids who otherwise would have no access to art.
The WE.LINX blog follows the progress of these kids, linking us,
these kids and U through participation and interaction.
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Founder of Orphan Aid AfricaWe tracked down Lisa Lovett Smith at the OAA compound during one of her busy days when she was teaching the children how to mix colors & create paintings. She explained to us her motives for setting up OAA, after a long & successful career working as a magazine editor for Vogue in Spain, & [...] |
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KWAME & ISSAC- TEENAGE DREAMS.»These two young boys have a common passion for studying & for a famous sport we’re pretty sure you’ve heard of. I have lived here in a foster family for the past 3 years. I study 8 subjects at school and among them Mathematics is my best subject. I like studying Mathematics in school because [...] |
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Looking to the Future»These children have very different ideas of what they’d like to do in the future & what they love to draw. It has been six years since I lived under the care of Orphan Aid Africa. I have one sibling with me here in Ghana. The subject I like best in school is English Language [...] |
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Caring for Children in GhanaChildren need the love & care of a family in any society but this is especially the case in Ghana, where poverty and lack of social protection mean that many families find themselves unable to cope with bringing up children themselves; so they send them to orphanges where they get food, an education & help [...] |
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A childs view of life»We asked the children to give us a little insight into their day to day lives & to share with us their hopes & aspirations. Celcila loves to sing, Kwame helps with the daily domestic tasks & Gladys is really fond of flowers- & of painting them! Issac has no doubt that he wants to [...] |
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FLOWERS & TREES»Sarah & Gladys are two teenagers with a common ambition & love of nature as they explain below in their own words: I am 14-year-old girl. I have been under the care of Orphan Aid Africa for 14 days. I like to study Science because I aspire to be a nurse in future. I like [...] |
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