Share Africa Travel focuses on responsible tourism. We follow the attitude that locals should also profit from tourism. One of our interns got to see some parts of Cape Town where people are really struggling to live their everyday life. There is rarely enough to eat and the unemployment rate is extremly high. An example of this is Khayelitsha, one of South Africa`s biggest townships.

Nevertheless, there are people who dedicate their lives to others, for example Nomthandaza of the Uvelwano Cummunity Development Centre. She founded a soup kitchen in 2007 and today mainly runs a crèche with the soup kitchen organised on weekends.
She does an amazing job and we really really appreciate what she is doing.

Also, Batandwa Orphanage, which is looking after about 30 kids from just a few months old to 21 years old. Many community members come here to help and to look after the kids. Although most of the kids have a difficult past, the orphanage looks like such a happy place.

Some of Pia`s friends who had already left South Africa, left some clothes, towels, books and stationery behind. They had done a township tour and visited those places before, so they had first-hand knowledge about the needs. Together with her housemate Julia, Pia purchased some additional toys and brought those togehter with the other items to the crèche and orphanage.
For them, it was not much, but for the kids and staff it was a lot and much appreciated!

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