Here are some exciting social responsibility projects happening around the Cape. Be sure to check out their sites...
Fair Trade in Tourism South Africa (FTTSA) is a non-profit organisation that promotes sustainable tourism development. FTTSA awards the use of special label to qualifying businesses as a way of signifying their commitment to Fair Trade criteria including fair wages and working conditions, fair purchasing, fair operations, equitable distribution of benefits and respect for human rights, culture and...Read more
The Hotels Housing Trust working together with Habitat for Humanity, South Africa, raises money through tourism to assist poor communities to build their own homes under special guidance from experienced builders, community leaders and both International and South Africa volunteers who help to build.
This scheme has proved hugely successful and is definitely one of the best possible ways that people may obtain a home for themselves without losing their dignity or standing around...Read more
StreetSmart South Africa works along the same lines as it does in the United Kingdom, San Francisco and Melbourne. It is registered as a Non-Profit Organisation and a Public Benefit Organisation which functions as a conduit fundraising body, distributing raised funds to beneficiaries. The current beneficiaries in South Africa are organisations that work with street children. A board of Directors coordinates StreetSmart. StreetSmart raises money via participating restaurants, and distributes this money directly to established charities with the experience and facilities to help children who are living on the streets. Participating restaurants display a StreetSmart card on the table informing patrons that a voluntary R5.00 donation will be added to their bill. They will have the option to give more than R5.00 (or not give at all)...Read more |
The Southern African Sustainable Seafood Initiative (SASSI) was initiated in November 2004 in order to inform and educate all participants in the seafood trade, from wholesalers to restaurateurs through to seafood lovers. The initiative builds on an earlier project started in the KwaZulu-Natal Province which sought to educate restaurant dealers about the Marine Living Resources Act and other...Read more
The BWI is a pioneering partnership between the South African wine industry and the conservation sector. The goals are to minimise the further loss of threatened natural habitat, and to contribute to sustainable wine production, through the adoption of biodiversity guidelines by the South African wine industry. One of the strategies of the BWI is to identify and enlist interested producers as members or champions of the initiative, who will implement the biodiversity guidelines, conserve critical ecosystems and incorporate a biodiversity story into their winery experience...Read more
The Pebbles Project purpose is to enrich the lives of children from disadvantaged backgrounds with special educational needs, especially those whose lives are affected by alcohol, through providing support and training to local wine farm and township créches and establishing after-school provision for older children living in the Winelands.We are currently impacting on the lives of over 500 children, and have trained over 35 staff.
Our work supports children, teenagers, parents and wider communities in the Somerset West, Stellenbosch and Paarl areas of the Western Cape...Read more
FoodBank South Africa is leading a large-scale co-ordinated effort to establish a national network of community foodbanks to feed South Africa's hungry.What is a foodbank? A foodbank is an organisation which acts on behalf of all of the -- potentially hundreds of -- social services organisations ("Agencies")which may be operating in its area. The foodbank procures food (and some other groceries), which are principally donated by the food and grocery industries, government agencies, individuals and...Read more
