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Students return after spring break work in Uganda

March 29, 2016

UNL business and engineering students spent spring break in Uganda. The students planned, designed and built a machine that flattens used drinking straws mechanically, streamlining a process formerly done by hand. Workers at Kinawataka Women Initiatives, the organization receiving the machine, then weave the flattened straws into bags, mats, jewelry and other retail items.

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