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Cottage Industry

Mpala, in collaboration with Origin Africa continues to assist the poor women in the community around Mpala with the marketing of fibre mats and encouraging traditional bee keeping methods. This cottage industry makes a crucial difference to household finances of single mothers.

Honey barrels on Yellow Fever trees along the river. It is thought that the bees deter elephants from peeling the bark off.

sansavera mats


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