Bureh
Bureh shares Sierra Leone's beauty with the world. We handcraft belts & re-invest half of profits in Sierra Leone. This is ethical fashion. BUY A BELT!
www.indiegogo.com/bureh A Bureh belt = Sierra Leonean high fashion + recycled metal buckle + hardcore webbing rope at the core + a mission for Sierra Leone. Get on board with Bureh. Support a company in a low income country. Start your own company if you want to. Check us out on www.bureh.com
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12/06/2016
Bureh bets at Brooklyn artists and flea.
We're back with new styles for summer.
yeah...no stinky t-shirts!
10/12/2014
Victory! Bureh co-founder sells belts@ The Fletcher School at Tufts University to help fight Ebola in West Africa!
03/11/2014
There are productive ways to help, and unproductive ways to be afraid.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/23/africa-ebola_n_6031204.html
Americans Are Really Confused About Which African Countries Have Ebola WASHINGTON -- Africa is really big. It's bigger than not only the United States but all of North America. Yet judging by the reactions of some Americans, it would seem that Africa were nothing but a small country, and any travel there means you l...
28/10/2014
The New York Review of Books gives some optimism on Ebola in Liberia. I hope this is true and true for Sierra Leone also!
http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2014/oct/27/hidden-truth-about-ebola/
Liberia: The Hidden Truth About Ebola by Helen Epstein Even as Ebola hysteria rages in the US, the epidemic here in Liberia, which is supposed to be its epicenter, seems to be subsiding.
28/10/2014
Some glimmer of good news exists, despite the alarmist headline.
"Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, the C.D.C. director, said the situation appeared to have improved since then because more aid had begun to reach the region."
Ebola Cases Could Reach 1.4 Million Within Four Months, C.D.C. Estimates In the worst case, Liberia and Sierra Leone could have 21,000 cases by Sept. 30 and 1.4 million by Jan. 20; in the best model, the epidemic in both countries would be “almost ended” by then.
27/10/2014
Check out Alfred Weidinger and his exibit: The Last Kings of Africa. Some beautiful photos from Sierra Leone. http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/27/world/africa/portraits-africas-fading-monarchs/index.html
The last kings of Africa In Africa, royalty is an endangered species. Meet the photographer on a a mission to capture the last remaining kings and queens.
08/10/2014
There are clear protocols to deal with an Ebola outbreak. This is one reason the protocols are not succeeding.
http://www.vox.com/2014/10/4/6905415/how-an-anthropologist-views-ebola-virus-outbreak
How fear and mistrust in West Africa makes Ebola spread faster An anthropologist on fear in the Ebola hot zone and how it's destroying the social fabric of communities.
30/09/2014
By far the best news of the day:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/30/ebola-over-in-nigeria/16473339/
CDC: Ebola outbreak in Nigeria and Senegal may be over Ebola outbreak may be ending in one country - Nigeria -- even as it rages elsewhere.
26/09/2014
Bruce Plummer is donating $5 to the Ebola Crisis Fund for every like this video gets. Please watch. Please like. Please donate.
www.ebolacrisisfund.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoQniS5YaOY&list=PLTemirZQe9EDBBs1YLCpfres2V6Y6FgJ6&index=11
Bucket Shower Challenge - #LetsEndEbola by Bruce Plummer Continuing a cause for my son (Bryan Plummer). When is a crisis not a crisis? when you don't think about it! Bryan's video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
15/09/2014
Latest update on the Ebola outbreak. The time to act is now.
The Mathematics of Ebola Trigger Stark Warnings: Act Now or Regret It | WIRED The Ebola epidemic in Africa has continued to expand since I last wrote about it, and as of a week ago, has accounted for more than 4,200 cases and 2,200 deaths in five countries: Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone. That is extraordinary: Since the virus was discovered, no Ebola outb…
10/09/2014
Bureh was challenged to do the ALS Ice Bucket. We felt it was more appropriate to do something to raise awareness and funds for the Ebola Crisis in Sierra Leone and West Africa.
Watch the management team, starting with Fatoma take a , nominate others and raise money to
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIiTanA2Eus&list=PLTemirZQe9EDBBs1YLCpfres2V6Y6FgJ6
Fatoma's Bucket Shower Challenge! Fatoma Momoh, Bureh's Production Manager, donates $100 to and takes the Bucket Shower Challenge. As Fatoma explains, the Bucket Shower is how he no...
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