Newspaper bags

I'm a bit of an ecological fundie. I often wrap presents in paper ripped out of magazines and tied up with ribbon. One year I made hand decoupaged shoe boxes for all my christmas presents and nearly made myself ill with the effort. Each box was carefully designed with images which matched the recipient. Result Christmas Eve me lying on the sofa giving feeble squeeks while directing my friends B & C which item should go in each box.

One of those crafty projects which went a bit awry. However ! Last weekend for the princly sum of 50p I bought a cool 'newspaper bag' made from an Indian newspaper with a cool help handle from the shop at the Scottish Gallery of Modern Art. Funky, recyled and helping street children. The label says 'The organization was started in 2004 by street children who wanted to give something back in return for the opportunties 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 juste 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.'


www.indiashop.co.uk