Africa Bags

Thursday evening I worked at a fundraiser event. One of booths there was for African Bags, a non profit organization that started in January 2007 by setting up 4 very poor villages in Malawi with fabric and treadle sewing machines, and training on how to make cloth shopping bags. 100% of the profit goes back to the villages. It is very successful and the project now has ten villages working on bags. The villages are more prosperous and are starting to build community centers and can now afford to send their kids to school. The bags are sold here for about $10. The organization also makes t-shirts here that they sell as an additional fund raiser. I already have some bags, so I bought a purple t-shirt. Here's a photo of one of the bags and my new t-shirt. Their website is www.africabags.org