The Chintheche Group

Some 45 km south of Nkhata Bay Township is another group supported by Africa Bags, Inc.  They are the newest group to join the project with production beginning in July of 2007.  Chintheche already has 16 registered members composing of both male and female.  Members are from a cross-section of 7 villages around the Chintheche area in the the township of Malanda.  Some members of the group travel up to 10 km to participate in the Africa Bags project. 

The Chintheche group has decided to save 20% of its earnings from the Africa Bags project.  It hopes to use this money in other community development projects.  It is also using some of its earnings to supported orphaned children and elderly people in the area.

A young man from the Chintheche group has started making bamboo necklaces.  We hope to receive these necklaces with our next shipment of bags.  As soon as these necklaces become available we will sell them in the Africa Bags store.

John, a male group member says with the money he gets from Africa Bags, Inc. he is now running a grocery shop and is food secure. He said “I now own a small grocery shop I started last year after getting the profits from Africa Bags sales. The income I got from bags purchase I bought subsidised fertiliser and maize seeds. Right now I have both food and income at home.”