The project runs from three small rooms in the heart of Kawangware which act as a workshop and a coordination centre for project activities.

At the workshop we currently employ about 10 girls and 30 boys, many of whom are former street children, to produce handcrafted paper bags, gift-wraps and cards from recycled paper. The project also employs 15 single women from the community, who are mostly widows and the only wage earners in the family, to make and supply hand-made banana fibre handles for the paper bags.

Locally designed pictures, logos and writing are screen printed onto the paper to make attractive paper products. These are sold to the target markets of hotel & tourism, fashion & design as well as individual clients and companies.

Here is a list of organisations that we sell bags to.

The proceeds from these sales provide an income to those involved in the production process and also fund the other project activities which include:-

• Basic reading, arithmetic and family life skills for street children.
• Identification of children at risk by street & home/family visits & support to discourage them from that lifestyle.
• Support of a local community Primary School by supplying learning materials and sponsoring a teacher's salary.
• Practical assistance and moral support to school going children in the community.
• Soccer team which competes locally
• A successful traditional dance team of young boys and girls who get hired to entertain people in, for example, wedding ceremonies
• Other sporting and entertainment activities, such as the Children's Club at weekends and school holidays.

The project networks with other organisations

• Childlife Trust
• Kabiro Human Development Project
• Urban Slum Development Programme - City Council of Nairobi
• Local Sports Team

Select the links below to find out more about this project

Background	About Kawangware and the project
Vision & Goals	What are the aims of the project
How can you help?	Different ways you can support the project
Price List	for bags and other products
Home Page	Home Page