Recycled Indian Newspaper Bag with Jute Handle, Medium

Unique Fair Trade Recycled Indian Newspaper Bags!

Local boys on bicicle rickshaw collect newspaper  from private houses in the area and then over 80 local women help construct the bags by recycling this newspaper and adding jute handles for comfort and convenience. The bags are stronger than they look - but please keep from getting wet.

Makes a unique gift bag for any presents as no two bags have the same print design! 

This Fair Trade Recycled Indian Newspaper Bag was handmade in India.

Dimensions -  width 17 cm  x  height 18 cm  x  depth 8 cm approx.

Please note: this particular sized bag does not come with any tag attached (see image in top left hand corner of bag). Only our largest size has a tag attached to each bag.

Started in 2004, this small project is run by a Non Government Organisation (NGO) whose mission is to shelter, feed and educate street children, usually boys, who have been living rough on the railway station at New Delhi, India.

The project also involves over 80 women, who help construct  bags by recycling newspaper collected locally by the boys.

The project generates income by making newspaper bags and jute items. This allows the NGO to take care of thirteen street children who live in a house in a village about an hour`s journey from the city.

As well as helping the local economy, the project has helped the boys to integrate into the wider community by attending school and playing, rather than pulling rickshaws, shoe polishing, rag picking or worse......

We stock a range of different sized Recycled Indian Newspaper Bags.