Abwezi School Bags

Offering eco-friendly school bags made out of recycled plastic

2019 SEED Africa Award Waste Management Blantyre, Malawi

The use of plastic bags though has been a major concern in our country and communities around the world. Abwezi

There have been efforts to ban the use of plastic bags in Malawi but up until now there has not been a proper measure on how this problem can be managed. Abwezi

For us it is also a good social responsibility for PERC to give back to the community as the revenue for these suitable laptop bags goes to subsidize the Abwezi school bags which is an innovative idea that we are very impressed with. PERCBusiness Client

We are committed to this partnership to provide free service to fix faulty and malfunctioning solar lanterns on the Abwezi School bags that require technical attention from time to time.” Sky Energy Supplier of customised Solar Panels

Upcycling bags locally from disposed plastic bags enable Abwezi to keep prices for the school bag affordable. Besides offering the bags to individuals who can afford it, the enterprise also targets NGOs, companies and well-wishers that buy bags by the bulk and distribute them for free to less privileged communities. Households with no access to electricity make up about 90% of the Malawian population, thus the integrated solar panel provides these families with clean and free energy for lighting, facilitating after-school-learning.

Eco-Inclusive Impacts

Abwezi has distributed school bags with solar lights to 1000 off-grid rural households, reaching 360 remote villages and thus reduced carbon emissions.

Increasing the education passing rate of 500 school children through Abwezi’s first initiative that issued 500 bags to a primary school in Blantyre
Giving school bags to 10,000 school girls and boys by 2021

Distributing school bags with solar lights to 1,000 off-grid rural households, reaching 360 remote villages
Reducing carbon emissions as well as the dangers associated with using candles or kerosene lamps, by providing solar powered lamps integrated into school bags

Providing income to more than 30 women and 15 youth, while employing 9 of these women permanently
Realising total savings of 50,000 USD

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Partenaires

Cette entreprise est soutenue par ses partenariats avec diverses parties prenantes, notamment des organisations nationales et internationales, des investisseurs, des instituts de recherche, des fournisseurs, des organismes gouvernementaux, des ONG, d'autres entreprises sociales et environnementales, etc.

Orbis-expeditions is an NGO providing skills and technology transfer to Abwezi employees as well as start-up capital of USD800

Invest Pack Solutions provides plastic bags for recycling for Abwezi to increase its scale of production.

Sky Energy is a solar company that provides Abwezi with customized solar panels to integrate into the upcycled school bags.

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