Fashion. love, Africa designs and purchases hand knitted bags constructed from post consumer plastic bags gathered and woven by female residents living in the garbage slum of Nakuru, Kenya. Each bag is purchased directly from the woman who constructed it, allowing her a consistent source of income. Gioto Garbage slum is located northwest of Nakuru, Kenya. It is home to an estimated 140 families and 300 children whose livelihoods are literally built on top of the garbage they reside in. Nearly half of the slum’s population is HIV positive. Disease, prostitution, drug use and rape are rampant; sadly most of the victims are children. Trucks arrive daily from Nakuru to drop waste from the city into the dump where the refuse is eaten, searched through for clothing and footwear, and utilized as material for building shelter.
