Pachimana Eco-Hand weaving

Synopsis:Pachimana is a value driven, sustainable waste recycling enterprise located in a fast developing tourist city, Ezulwini. Ezulwini and the whole of Swazilandâ € ™s â € œwasteâ €  material is an asset to the nation. Pachimana maximizes the value of this asset by recycling as much as possible to create new products that can be locally manufactured and sold to a regional market place. Pachimana weaving shall attract additional processing technologies to create new business and employment opportunities â € “ there by broadening skills, adding new products and facilitating a responsible gender, climate change and sustainable development program for the country. Pachimanaâ € ™s hand weaving skills training and knowledge transfer provides transitional practices that have led to radical sustainable development while amplifying trade practices and policies with clear considerations adhering to gender and environmental obligations to reach the 50-50 mark by 2015. Articles 15-19, Article 12 and Article 27 In Southern Africa serious challenges of climate change including food security and water shortages are faced by women and children. The region has become hotter, with serious implications for agriculture and getting worse. Abuse and rape women are vulnerable to while going about finding water and grain can be replaced by good quality of lives through decent living standards made possible by profits made from high quality reusable â € œwasteâ €  materials handmade products that are a viable substitute for traditional hand woven products that require natural materials slowly becoming more scarce due to droughts and flooding. This addresses as it opens up avenues for women as it ensures women get access to wage employment. Article 14, 26 and 28 Reducing the volumes of reusable â € œwasteâ €  buried at notorious landfills where womenâ € ™s rights are undermined by means of intercepting reusable materials en route from primary source of disposal to landfills will help to prolong landfillsâ € ™ life spans, change the perceptions of waste and improve public health as waste becomes an asset not a liability to craftswomen. Articles 4-11 and 15-19 Building the socioeconomic capacity of women from high â € œwasteâ €  generating communities on materials reuse and value addition will motivate and influence the replication this enterprise in other communities facing environmental pollution. The rise of the green economy presents women already involved in value addition to waste with opportunities to be leaders in the fast developing green economy. A green economy improves human wellness and social equity, while systematically reducing environmental risks and ecological insecurities. Pachimana activities encourage all of us who have a part to play in making it possible through our daily lives and our skills. The realities of a green economy of the future will leave no room for unsustainable consumption. It is up to us now to take a different path- one that will include an early transition to a green economy and deliver solutions to the global economy, sustainable development and poverty and gender equality.

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