Since 2010 G-lish Foundation has achieved the following impacts:
Environmental Impact
Prevented 358, 600 drinking water plastic bags from being burned and from entering rivers and farming soil by recycling them into high value products;
Because we pay producers by the 200 pieces of twine cut and twisted, and we record every payment on paper and in an Excel spreadsheet, and because 1 plastic bag = 1 twine, it's simple to tally how many plastic bags have been used since 2010 and easy to track this impact;
Prevented 2, 250 yards of waste cloth from being burned or thrown into rivers;
= Over 3 metric tonnes of recycled waste materials;
Trained 81 producers on how to work with recycled materials.
Social and Economic Impact
Two full-time Ghanaian staff have been employed;
81 producers, who otherwise undertake subsistence farming, work with G-lish Foundation and are paid prices in line with Fair Wage Guide rates for Ghana at http://fairwageguide.org/;
Helped 75 producers access foreign markets generating higher income for producers;
Instances of violence have reduced due to regular incomes in basket making households;
Visibly increased self confidence in the women producers;
As a result of counseling and working with producers, children in G-lish villages are in school;
25 producers opened savings account with rural banks and save regularly;
25 weavers received design and colour theory training to develop their design skills;
250 straw basket weavers have increased awareness about fair prices from 6 village field visits under the Fair Market Project funded by the Australian High Commission;
50 international buyers of straw baskets were surveyed on prices paid for STRAW baskets.
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