THE Westville Senior Primary School recently received a generous donation for their support in the Clothes to Cash Exchange campaign.
Bronwen Bainbridge, the national programmer for Clothes to Cash Exchange, presented the school with a R5 080 cheque on Friday 25 April, after the pupils collected and donated second-hand clothes to the organisation’s campaign.
The donated clothes are recycled by the organisation in two ways. Firstly, the clothes are sorted into high-quality and low-quality clothing. The high-quality clothing is washed and directly sold to people from disadvantaged communities, such as the Valley of a Thousand Hills, who sell them
for a profit.
Secondly, the low-quality clothing is sent to a repair shop where people from disadvantaged communities can repair the clothes and sell
it. “These are people who did not have any form of income. We also teach them how to run a business and how to manage cash flow so that they
can become self-sustaining,”said Bainbridge.
Wesley Bosch (11) was also awarded with a voucher, as he was the student who collected and donated the most clothing. He collected and donated 40.7kg of clothing.
