Consider environmentally-friendly and sustainable gifting

Room-drops are still a very popular tool for incentive and Conference groups. Why not use “green” gifts, which have been manufactured locally and provide a sustainable income to local crafters.

Option 1)  Colourful Bags made from Billboard Banners

To re-use existing non bio-degradable material to avoid plastic waste is the idea behind this green initiative. Colourful Billboard-Banners banners are now given a second life and bags are produced from the material in the underprivileged areas of Cape Town. The bags are sewn by seamstresses who support their families with their income.Each bag is a unique designer-piece, cut and joined from single components – an environmental concept which re-uses material and creates fun through fashion.

Option 2) Funky jewellery and bowls

As society’s most vulnerable members, HIV is especially cruel to the poor. Khayelitsha, for example, a sprawling township 26km from Cape Town, has an HIV rate of 22%, the highest rate in the Cape Flats. Wola Nani is working to fill the gap that leaves people with HIV & AIDS particularly exposed.

Through a counselling and case management approach, coupled with skills training and income generation opportunities, they can attain the necessary skills to help themselves achieve a better quality of life. Their crafts include beaded ribbons, bracelets and napkin rings, papier mache bowls and picture frames, light bulbs, tea lights and cards.