AGA KHAN

1. Aga Khan Youth And
Sports Board for
India, Hasanabad
Presents
Design for change.

2. FEEL

3.  After deliberation the situation that had
the worst effect was the use of
polythene bags, hence we decided to
change it with paper bags which are bio-degradable.
 Through meetings and discussions the
group jotted down the list of situations
that bothered them.

4. The idea that we had was to encourage all the street food
vendors around our area to switch from the thin black
polythene bags, which they currently use, to paper bags.
For the paper bags, we found out about a boy in Mahim
(Mumbai) who makes and sells these bags at approximately
the same cost as polythene bags. He is a person of different
abilities and this is his business.
IMAGINE
And so our plan of action was:
 Collecting old newspapers from our colonies and buildings.
 Selling them and using the money to purchase the paper
bags.
 Distributing these paper bags to the vendors so that they
can try them out for themselves.
 Spreading awareness at bio-degradation and also offering to
provide these paper bags to the vendors in the future, at
the same price at which they buy their polythene bags.

5. Collecting old newspapers
DO

7. With the money
collected we
managed to
purchase and
distribute 500
bags among the
local vendors.

12. WE GAVE EVERY VENDOR ABOUT 50
BAGS AND WE ALSO REQUESTED THEM
TO STOP USING PLASTIC BAGS AND
INSTEAD GET IN TOUCH WITH US IN THE
FUTURE SO THAT WE COULD GET THEM
PAPER BAGS AT THE SAME PRICE.

15. AND WE DID IT!!