[Angola] Handmade Soap Production Involves Over 800 Women
Over 800 rural women selected in the provinces of Cabinda, Huambo, Cuanza Sul, Cuanza Norte, Huila, Namibe and Luanda, have been producing handmade soap with already used cooking oil.
As part of a project dubbed "New Direction" of the Environment Ministry, the practice has been adopted to maximise the family income of the women involved in this process, according to the coordinator of this initiative, Joana Bernardo.
Speaking to ANGOP, the official stated that the participation of rural women is positive and that they have sensitised over 3000 women from different regions to participate in the practical production of handmade soap on the basis of frying oils that can be purchased in hotel kitchens, restaurants and many other places.
The Methodist University of Angola (UMA), through its experimental centre for renewable energy technologies is also dedicated to reutilising frying oil for the manufacture of mild soap.
