StreetWires

Southern African Beaded work

Rags FOR Bags!!

Fashion. LOVE, Africa

We came across ecouterre.com, a wonderful environmentally aware fashion website. While going through it we found this touching story on how a designer Ryan Clements helped to alleviate the lives of residents of Giota Garbage Slum in Nakuru Kenya after witnessing the poor and destitute living conditions. Clement uses the handiwork of the women he met in the slums to create his lovely line of tote bags - Fashion. Love, Africa by recycling plastic bags.
Check them out:

http://www.ecouterre.com

Where the water meets the sky

"Where the water meets the sky" is a story documenting a group of women in Rural Zambia using film to make a difference in their community.

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