Showing posts with label Made in Africa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Made in Africa. Show all posts
Friday, August 19, 2011
Fashion Africa : The Kenyan collection by Beshlie Mckelvie
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Made in Africa : Fashion. love, Africa
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.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Inspired by Africa: Nicole Miller's
Will you be rocking these shorts shorts from Nicole Miller's Indego Africa line this Summer ? Indego Africa is an innovative social enterprise that partners with women artisans in Rwanda on a fair trade basis to drive forward a sustainable, long-term solution to systemic poverty in Africa. The prices are about $25 to $65 and 15% of all the proceeds made will go to Indego Africa
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