Newspaper Bags

I was intrigued by the packaging around a recently purchased birthday present – a bag made from recycled Indian newspaper. 

Reading the tag, the bags are produced by an organization which was started in 2004 by street children in Delhi who wanted to give something back in return for the opportunities which had allowed them to escape desperate circumstances.  These elder children, now married with children of their own, generate an income by making newspaper bags and jute items.  This allows them to take care of thirteen street children that they have saved from the street’s surrounding Delhi train station.  Support for this wonderful project means that these children can enjoy going to school and playing, rather than pulling rickshaws, shoe polishing, rag picking and worse.

A far cry from children whose ambition is to appear on the X factor…

There doesn’t appear to be a website, but if you are interested, they are distributed by New Overseas Traders, 01672 851166