Isatou Ceesay on the Gambian Women's Recycling Project

Isatou Ceesay has organized more than 80 Gambian women to crochet coin purses and other things out of strips of plastic from recycled plastic bags. She introduces the project in this short interview. Originally started when Isatou worked for Peace Corps, it is now coordinated through Future in Our Hands, where Isatou is a full-time organizer and trainer of women's skill centers. Peace Corps volunteers continue to work with her and the women she has trained. Want to buy a purse? Check out World Goods ( http://www.worldgoodsgb.com/store/agora.cgi?cart_id=4201939.20805*DD0qS2&... ). They get their purses from Mandinaba and from Isatou's home village of Njau.

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• Gambian
• women
• recycle
• crochet
• plastic
• bags
• coin
• purse
• trash
• Gambia
• West
• Africa
• empowerment

[isatouloove]

My name is Isatou Ceesay lol

[TheLegitReaper]

Lol I am a Ceesay. My dad is from gambia.

[moonshine408]

Very inspirational! Love their accent.

[AA4EVA19]

God bless her...she is very sweet....thats a real Gambia accent dho....miss my country to bitzzz.....bless her and stay strong my fellow Gambian women xxx love love

[empressgong]

Jah blessings to Afreeka!

[Diha379]

Keep doing your thing gurl. We need more African or better say more Gambians like you. That are aware of recyling. Great idea and well done.

[yagai1]

you go sis! God bless you!

[lalokunda]

i can say that isatou is a type of women which will be hard to find in the educated women in the country,i am very proud of her, she is help his people and saving them at the same time from hill ness may god Allah guide her to success, and save her for the rest of her life.

[sumatube64]

Jaa Jeff Waa Njau

[basirou]

This is a great thing. you really should take part of CNN heroes because this is a great thing you are doing.