Do It Herself
Hands On Special
(Programme 12)

Editor: Robert Lamb
Director: Janet Boston,

Series Year: 1998

Genre: News piece, Documentary, Educational

Region: India, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uruguay, United Kingdom

Duration: 26'

Language: English

Annie Lennox introduces five 'Hands On' stories about women gaining new economic and social status through inspiring entrepeneurship. Stories include the design and building of a solar-powered house in Oxford, UK; Maasai women in Kenya re-designing their traditional homes to suit a less nomadic lifestyle; the Tara recycling plant in New Delhi, India, which makes paper from recycled rag and paper waste; a co-operative cultivating, drying and marketing aromatic herbs and spices in Uruguay; and a workshop in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, designing and manufacturing fuel efficient cooking stoves to replace the traditional smoky and inefficient ones.