Unique Christmas presents! I’ve sewn a few gorgeous totes and handbags from traditional Zambian kitenge cloth pieces. Choose one as a Christmas gift and I’ll donate the money to a deserving organization or person of your choice.
Totes: $10 (50,000ZMK) These are PERFECT for grocery trips to save on plastic!
Handbags: $10 (50,000 ZMK)
Small clutches: $3 (15,000 ZMK)
I’ll even throw in mbasela- the Zambian term for free ‘extra gift’ one can plead for after making a sizeable purchase at a shop. All prices are flexible in this country too, so I MAY be persuaded as well.
A gift which gives back- it’s great. Here’s the twist, you choose where/who your money supports. Read the suggestions below, but whatever your passion, I’ll find a worthy place to give it.
*Support the nearby Kakolo Basic School buy giving school supplies. $10 buys alot of pencils and notebooks.
*Support Samson or David by contributing to their school fees. They’re brothers and my neighbors here at the farm. They’re both in grade 10 at Kamfinsa High School, and are both smart kind boys. For dedicated readers who remember 2 posts ago, Samson is the boy whom I teaching to type and encouraging his cute boyhood crush. $10 will pay for about 2 months of school fees.
*Buy some tree seedlings to plant at my nearby school. (choose your tree-we have dozens of exotic and indigenous species) $10 can buy 5 fruit tree seedlings or 50 eucalyptus trees. Carbon storage!
*Help support the nearby clinic in their construction of a labor ward.
*Support the programs of an Irish volunteer who works with Kitwe’s street children
*Support a local football (soccer) club with a new ball $12 will buy a football.
Whatever your passion, I’ll find a place to contribute. Let me know!
Beth –
I would like a handbag, for $10, and would like to support Samson in his school fees.