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Women's project

Products from Benin

While working in the projects we share the every day life of the village population and get to know what makes them laugh and what makes them cry. Ideas on how to overcome poverty reappear in our discussions.

It is evident that better education needs to be paired by production. But Benin does not posess any natural resources. On our research for raw materials our eyes happened to drop on the garbage heaps. We discovered plasic bags in plentiful amount.

In former times garbage did not exist in Benin. Food was wrapped in leaves, baskets made of natural materials were used for transport, calebasses were used to contain liquids. Today it can be said that the amount of garbage is a measure for what the industrialized nations call civilisation.

Our idea was to make a virture of an evil and thus our women's project was born. VEM (purified waste)

Purified Waste


Basic material

Discarded plastic bags were picked up, cleaned, disinfected, cut to strips and processed to various products by women.
Since the project has no start off costs, the proceeds of the sale can be invested without second thought into the children's alimentation, health and school education.

The Products

1. Carrier bag for bottles
Selling price: 5 EUR

2. Purse
Selling price: 2 EUR

Tragetaschen

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Einkaufstaschen

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  3.Shopping bag
Selling price: 20 EUR


4. Handbag
Selling price: 15 EUR

If you order hand- or carrierbags please specify your favoured length of the shoulder strap.

Handtasche

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Holzbrettchen 2

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  5. Wooden board
Selling price: 8 EUR
6. Necklace
Selling price: 5 EUR

Ketten

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New article

Hut 5

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7. Fashionable hat
Selling price: yet unknown

Hut 6

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Order

All articles can be orderd via
Herrn Dr. Wolfgang Rieve
Neue Bergstr. 7
D-50181 Bedburg
Germany

Phone ++49(0)2272-4770