We are proud members of Pack for a Purpose, an initiative that allows travellers like you to make a lasting impact in the community at your travel destination.
If you save just a few kilos of space in your suitcase and take supplies for the projects we support in need, you’ll make a priceless impact on the lives of our local children and families.
Please click here to see what supplies are needed for our project/projects.
Windmeul Primary:
Windmeul Primary School is situated in the rural town of Windmeul in the Noorder Agter-Paarl. The learners who attend the school live on the surrounding farms. Their parents, who work on these farms, are mostly illiterate and cannot provide the learners with the necessary stimulation at home.
Zandvliet Care Facility:
The non-profit Zandvliet Care Facility is home to more than 150 residents, most of whom are intellectually disabled, while the rest are frail and elderly. Very few receive adequate family support. A daily programme aims to boost the wellbeing and happiness of residents through physical exercises, mental and sensory stimulation, as well as therapeutic activities that reduce frustration and nurture creativity and self-worth.
Sustainability Institute Community Programmes:
These include:
Lynedoch Children’s House:
More than 65 children attend the Lynedoch Children's House, a place where imagination and creativity are grounded in a Montessori approach enabling an innate love of learning develop in each child as they are encouraged to develop freely within sensible boundaries. The buildings are designed according to ecological building principles; the children play in natural gardens and participate each day in growing, harvesting and cooking organic vegetables.
Youth Hub:
Operating out of the Community Library in Lynedoch, the Youth Hub provides high school learners with strong academic support so they can complete their schooling. It also provides information on opportunities available to them after high school. Established to create an effective intervention point for school-going youth, it aims to instil a sense of responsibility to self, environment and community as well as fostering a sense of belonging.
Swimming Project:
During the summer heat, the children in the Lynedoch farming community love to cool down in the farm dams and rivers of Stellenbosch. The swimming project aims to change this by teaching primary school learners to swim during the school holidays.
Football club:
The Lynedoch United Football Club has 40 young players who meet twice weekly for training. They participate in matches in the Stellenbosch League Football Association over weekends. The senior soccer team has 23 members, who compete in the Promotional League, managed by SAFA Cape Winelands.
Knitting Club:
The Lynedoch Knitting Club provides essential community support to the elderly, including the farm community beyond the Eco-Village. Thanks to the club, grannies, who’re often tasked with looking after children, are given an opportunity to indulge in their knitting hobby and get out of the house and connect with fellow community members.
Library:
The Sustainability Institute at Lynedoch has established a library for the surrounding community, which has been affected by issues including severe alcoholism, fetal alcohol syndrome, high levels of illiteracy and children dropping out of school early. The library aims to make reading fun for more than 300 local children (and their families) and to encourage parents to take books out to read with their children. It also hopes to provide a positive, beautiful and safe space where the wider community can gather.
HOW TO PACK
Check with your airline or travel agent to determine the current luggage allowance to your destination and then visit http://www.packforapurpose.org/faq/ to ensure you pack your donation correctly.
At Spier Hotel’s reception, fill out the Pack for a Purpose voucher, attach it to your package and give it to one of our reception staff who’ll ensure it’s delivered to the project of your choice.
