The Bag Lady

It is nice to see that a backpackers does more than just have a party every night.  At Starling Backpackers, Vicky has started a community project, that aims to help underprivileged kids buy school uniforms.  

They have a unique idea of using old plastic bags collected from the streets, and re-using them to make cool bags, ideal for almost any casual purpose. 

This not only gives back to the community, but also empowers them buy teaching skills and creating more jobs, that are desperately needed. 

But this is not the only community project started at a backpackers.  It is becoming more and more common to see backpackers getting into community work, like projects in Chintsa in the Eastern Cape and another very interesting backpackers project in Soweto.