Peru’s Flooding Disaster
byDozens of deaths and more than one hundred thousand homes damaged or destroyed: Climate change is being blamed for Peru’s worst flooding disaster in nearly…
Happiness Projects
Struggling to Survive in India
by35 degrees in the winter, and 116 degrees in the summer. In New Delhi, India, the seasons swing in dramatic fashion and those who…
Update on Collins
byLast spring, we told you about Collins, one of our beloved jewelry artisans from Ghana. Collins was diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease and needed…
Happiness in 2015
by“Aim High” and “Dream Big”… Those were two of our Happiness Project goals in 2015. We had some pretty lofty ideas this year, and…
Happiness at a Bali Orphanage
by46 deaf, mute and/or disabled children. Two small, single-family homes. One set of parents. This is the sad reality of a Balinese orphanage about…
Fermin’s Family Surprise
by“We were greeted with cold weather, but the family’s hospitality warmed us up,” said Lia Arriola about the day the NOVICA Guatemala team surprised…
Help Us Save Collins
byOne of NOVICA’s beloved artisans in Ghana is very sick. Collins Korle has Chronic Kidney Disease and is in desperate need of a kidney transplant…
LA’s First Happiness Project
byBalloons, prizes, carnival games and 300 churros… NOVICA’s office in LA just completed their first Happiness Project! Hundreds of people smiled and laughed, when…
Happiness Projects Update for 2014
byIt’s been over a year since we launched our first happiness project in India and since then we’ve learned so much! We’ve been to…
The Guatemala Happiness Project – Building Confidence with Make-overs & Improv
byAt NOVICA we believe that confidence is the key to success. Our artists need to be able to convince themselves and their customers that…