Ugandan youth put eco-friendly future ‘in the bag’

Community Innovators with the Uganda Red Cross hope to make a big difference in young peoples’ lives with small, green enterprises

In an unassuming, sky-blue garage in Ssembuule Village in western Kampala, five Ugandan Red Cross volunteers are making a big difference in their own lives and in their community. The volunteers are busy cutting, folding and gluing large sheets of brown paper into small paper bags, which are sold to local shops. They are used to hold everything from tomatoes, snacks, to gifts for wedding guests, in their different sizes. The proceeds help to keep the enterprise running and provide young people in this impoverished neighborhood a small income.