Mend Bags

Mend bags are a product from Invisible Children, a non-profit organization that works to aid war-torn northern Uganda.

Invisible Children started as a documentary, showing how children in Uganda were victims and weapons in a civil war, being kidnapped and forced to become soldiers. They began selling products to raise awareness and send money to those in need.

Mend bags are made by women who were former abductees of the Lord's Resistance Army, a religious and military group in Sudan and Uganda known for rampant murder, abduction, mutilation and sexual enslavement.

You can buy a Mend bag and know the woman who made it was paid fairly. The name of the woman who created the is sewn into it. You can go online and see her profile, with photos and videos. It lets you connect to the fashion you consume. You can buy a bag at the Invisible Children store here.