By Lyan Sebeke | Program Officer for Design Squad Global
Grandmothers went geeky with the girls this quarter. The Grannies are young at heart, wise and active in the village. Stepping Stones International has guided 60 grandmothers to setting up support groups. The Grannies rallied and decided on making plastic hand bags as an income generation project. These are grandmothers who are taking care of their grandchildren in the village and struggling to acquire the basic needs for their families and their grandchildren.
Part of the objective of making recycled plastic hand bags is to clean up the environment by directly using materials that would otherwise be discarded. Not only are they discarded, but they’re often burnt, emitting harmful gases and pollutants into the atmosphere. This project was addressing the Sustainable Development Goal No.1 (no poverty) and 15 (lives on land).
After the grannies crocheted their handbags they sold them. One of the grannies was happy to be part of this project, mentioning that it would help her buy electricity at her house because it has been a while since she had the lights on.
The products will be sold in the north of Botswana where there is high toursit traffic. In addition SSI is looking for a market in the U.S. to sell the handbags for the grandmothers..
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