Hotel bed sheets turned into school shirts for Cape Town pupils
16 March 2021 11:17 AM
Danolene Johanessen, founder at Royal Kidz talks to Africa Melane about the wonderful initiative.
Through a collaboration with Marriott International and non-profit organisation Royal Kidz about 320 children at Klipheuwel Primary school in Durbanville received new school shirts, jackets, shoes, and socks most of which was made from repurposed hotel bed sheets.
Marriott International and Royal Kidz have been working together over the past 18 months, handing over a total of 3 000 similar donations to date to schools in under-served communities. Danolene Johanessen is the founder of Royal Kidz.
It was really about the passion of kids and children in need and just wanting to see them thrive.
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Winter is on the way, and a significant number of South African children go to school without uniforms and school shoes. 320 vulnerable children at Klipheuwel Primary school in Durbanville are going to get a fairer shot at school life in 2021 with the recent donation of new school shirts, jackets, shoes and socks that come through a collaboration with Marriott International and the non-profit organisation, Royal Kidz. They have worked together over the past 18 months, handing over a total of 3000 similar donations to date to schools in underserved SA communities. The project began when Marriott was looking for local solutions to repurpose the large volume of bed sheets that are replaced frequently, before any wear and tear, by its hotels.
Donated hotel bed linen creates over 300 school shirts for Cape Town learners
By Travel Reporter
Hotel bed linen may conjure up pleasant but also some abhorrent memories for most travellers.
But through a collaboration with Marriott International and non-profit organisation Royal Kidz, old bed linen helped a school in Cape Town.
About 320 children at Klipheuwel Primary school in Durbanville received new school shirts, jackets, shoes and socks made from repurposing hotel bed sheets.
Marriott International and Royal Kidz worked together over the past 18 months, handing over a total of 3 000 similar donations to date to schools in under-served communities.
The project began when Marriott was looking for local solutions to repurpose the large volume of bed sheets that are replaced frequently, before any wear and tear, by its hotels.