Designers and refugees upcycle dinghies to handbags
Designers and refugees upcycle dinghies to handbags
The non-profit organization Mimycri transforms lifeboats discarded by Refugees into designer bags. It was founded by Nora Azzaoui and Vera Günther who had the idea when they were volunteering to help new arrivals on the Greek island of Chios in the winter of 2015.
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