The project, which is the brainchild of BDP Women’s Wing entails the manufacturing of paper bricks to either replace or complement firewood as fuel for domestic purposes. The bricks are made of soaked and compressed waste paper which is acquired from local printing works at no charge. This paper brick project is done in Namibia and Swaziland.
The paper bricks will be produced at the BDP regions as a way of bringing the service closer to members who hail from poverty-stricken communities and provide an option for energy needed for cooking instead of chopping down trees and wasting valuable hours searching for firewood. Yesterday, the Women’s wing league president, Dorcas Makgato said their aim is to procure paper brick making machines, distribute them to various regions and train women on how to operate them. “The production of paper bricks is income-generating. We want to help the government to alleviate poverty especially that women are always the most hard hit by poverty. If taken to regions, this project could employ more women. It should be considered that this project is a non-partisan thing and is going to be sold to anyone even those who are not BDP members so that it can improve their lives. Again it will reduce felling of trees,” Makgato said.
