Renée Leeuwner, Tourism Co-ordinator for the Two Oceans Aquarium, came up with a great idea to re-use old conference bags. She urged all delegates attending the recent SATSA (South African Tourism Services Association) National Conference in Cape Town to bring their old conference bags along and donate them to charity. The donated bags represented an array of past conferences attended. One in particular dated back to Indaba 1998!

Through SATSA’s involvement with Tourism Industry Charity Events (T.I.C.E.) in the Western Cape, the bags were donated to the Tourism Education Trust (T.E.T.), a charity supported by T.I.C.E.

T.E.T. is a non-profit organisation which works towards educating the next generation about the fundamentals of tourism in South Africa. The delegates’ old conference bags were handed over to a school in the small town of Pniel, outside Stellenbosch. They were received with great appreciation from the children who will use them as school bags.

This initiative is proof of just one way in which the cooperation between various tourism industry players can make a difference in the community.

Thanks to all the delegates who participated in this initiative.

PLEASE REDUCE, RECYCLE AND RE-USE.