In our bid to empower the young integrally Youth For Life Kenya has embarked on this project geared to enabling the youth improve their living standards through production and sale of these unique baskets. It is an initiative that is inspired by good environment good life campaign run by youths within Athi River district spearheaded by Youth For Life - Kenya Organization. After extensive research
a decision was made that using plastic bags(paper bags) and sisal to make hand bags and other products the most realistic and promising path, considering the low start-up cost, abundant resources (plastic bags and sisal) and a group of women who agreed to take upon themselves to produce the bags. Producing recycled hand bags was cheap and potentially rewarding. The group of youths producing the bags who would gain new skills and potentially a satisfactory income from the sales of the handbags and other products. The project is still in an early stage. Ideally, the bags and other products will be sold primarily in local market and the secondarily, if possible in the international market.
