Parachutes to Purpose: Crafting Change with Creativity
How two Cape Town women turned discarded kite sails and denim into a movement — repurposing waste into pencil cases, bags and livelihoods for the Cape Flats.
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How two Cape Town women turned discarded kite sails and denim into a movement — repurposing waste into pencil cases, bags and livelihoods for the Cape Flats.
The story of green° — from a living room idea to 2,550 children equipped with stationery every year, via recycled kites, donated denim and a sewing café in Masiphumelele.
Twyg explores the green° model: waste fabric in, filled pencil cases out — and how conscious consumerism funds a year's worth of stationery for Western Cape primary school children.