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From Vintage with Love – Giving back through clothes!

Inspired by a love of fashion and the desire to make a difference, Vintage with Love (VWL) is an NGO geared towards raising money for literacy charities through stylish sales of gently

Jacquie Myburgh Chemaly, and since then has expanded to Cape Town, raising over R5 000 000 and gaining a huge following of vintage clothing devotees. This year’s VWL sale is taking place from 30 May-2 June at the Cape Town Cruise Terminal Arrivals Hall at the V&A Waterfront, and we’re inviting all vintage enthusiasts to donate their once-loved, gently worn items for this good cause. From clothing, shoes and bags so we’ll arrange for them to be collected from you.

Earth-friendly reasons to reuse and recycle …

A staggering 80 billion items of new clothing are sold globally each year. That’s more than 10 items per person. So what happens to the garments we no longer wear? In developed to recycle and reuse clothing, but the trillion-dollar fashion industry provides many more. The industry is the second biggest polluting industry globally, generates 10 per cent of the world’s carbon footprint, and uses vast quantities of oil and water. According to the World Wildlife Fund, one T-shirt alone can use up to 2700 litres of water to produce.Reusing and recycling gently worn clothing is one of the best ways of being kind to our planet…

Visit the VWL Sale from 31 May-2 June at the Cape Town Cruise Terminal Arrivals Hall at the V&A Waterfront to shop for vintage pieces as well as enjoy coffee, bubbly and cake with your loved ones.

THEIR CHARITIES

PARTNERS FOR POSSIBILITY

By establishing partnerships between school principals and business leaders and encouraging engagement between parents and teachers, this programme strives to raise the quality of South African education across the country.

SHINE LITERACY

Shine Literacy is a non-profit organisation that seeks to create a culture of reading in South African schools, homes, workplaces and communities, thereby improving literacy outcomes for young children from low-income communities. Working in partnership with teachers, volunteers and parents, our award-winning, evidence-based programmes provide learning. Currently, 1 300 volunteers deliver Shine Literacy programmes to 6 000 children in 77 schools across four provinces. Our Family Literacy Workshops reached 1 713 parents and caregivers across three provinces in 2017 and 2018. We have supported 17 392 children since 2007.

CHIC MAMAS DO CARE

With its focus on early childhood development and the need for children to grow up in a safe, stimulating environment, this group supports educational projects in underprivileged areas around South Africa through sustainable fundraising and volunteer work.

KIDZ2KIDZ

Along with its various other projects, Kidz2Kidz calls on donor schools, companies and families to gift classrooms in need with resources for a reading corner to help improve learner literacy and encourage children to read from a young age.

UPHAWU COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

This initiative aims to help children in the Samora Machel informal settlement in Philippi improve their reading skills by providing access to teaching and literature and creating a positive environment that fosters a love of reading.

Embrace the beauty of conscious giving, with Vintage With Love

WHEN?

30 MAY – 2 JUNE

30th: 16h00 – 20h00 / 31st: 10h00 – 18h00

1st: 10h00 – 16h00 / 2nd: 10h00 – 14h00

Tickets: Available from Webticket

For more information, visit: http://vintagewithlove.co.za

Email: debbie@vintagewithlove.co.za

Call: +27 82 415 7720

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