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Single mothers turn used juice cartons into designer bags

The making of new handbags has lifted  three single mothers from poverty. Inset: Phoebe Akinyi with a table mat made form waste paper.[PHOTOS: JAMES WANZALA]

By JAMES WANZALA

What do you do with a juice packet after drinking the juice? Probably, you throw it into a dust bin to be collected by garbage collectors.

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