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Lifebag
Many single parents face financial challenges, struggling to cover school fees, rent and food costs. Lifebag is a project where women from the slums and other poor areas make hand-braided bags from recycled plastic.
The Lifebag project creates opportunities for the women to achieve self-sufficiency and control over their everyday lives.
30% of the income from the sale of Lifebags goes to production, administration and delivery, including salaries for the women who braid. A woman’s salary is equivalent to a Kenyan nurse’s salary. The remaining 70% is directed to New Life Mission’s various social projects, which you can read more about here on our website.
History
The Lifebag project began in Norway and Sweden in 2016, after a group of Norwegians visited a woman who was weaving bags.
After buying all the bags and bringing them to Norway, four women from the slums began regularly visiting New Life Mission to participate in the creation of the now famous Lifebags.
Today, there are approximately 40-50 women who work with braiding bags. The women have chosen to call the bag Lifebag, as a symbolic name for its role in changing lives and creating a functioning everyday life.
Do you want to buy Lifebag?
- Visit our Instagram @carryalifebagsweden and explore our highlights to find ambassadors selling in different areas. If there is no one near you, you can send us a message and we will help you.
- You can also visit our secondhand shops Källan in Nässjö or Bariki in Hestra, Ydre municipality. More information about the shops can be found under the “secondhand shop” tab here on our website.
Become a Lifebag ambassador!
- Become part of our ambassador team and sell Lifebags. There is no requirement that you have to sell a specific number of Lifebags. All ambassadors get involved voluntarily and on a non-profit basis. If you are interested, contact us at our email address Lifebagsweden@newlifemission.se and we will share more information about the project.
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