{"id":54473,"date":"2022-02-22T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T04:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/school-bag-drive-shifts-momentum-20220221\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T19:02:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T17:02:19","slug":"school-bag-drive-shifts-momentum-20220221","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/school-bag-drive-shifts-momentum-20220221\/","title":{"rendered":"School bag drive shifts momentum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A school bag donation drive launched in January has garnered an overwhelming response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, <span>People\u2019s Post<\/span> reported on an initiative, driven by Hands of Love, which asked parents to donate their kids\u2019 old school bags at drop-off points in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban. Called \u201cI\u2019ve got your bag!\u201d, the aim of the drive was to get these school bags to less privileged children in South Africa (\u201cSchool bag donation drive to lend a hand to communities\u201d <span>People\u2019s Post <\/span>18 January).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founder and former Plumstead resident Catherine Versfeld says they received about 175 bags in Cape Town alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s so great about South Africans is that we always rally around a good cause. But to be honest, I have been so overwhelmed. When I started this, I had absolutely no expectations. I thought that even if we collect 10 bags, that will be 10 kids we can help. But then, people just showed such interest and it has really blown us away and warmed my heart,\u201d says Versfeld.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She says they even received an email from a couple in the Netherlands wanting to donate school bags. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn the Netherlands, they have a tradition that at the end of their final school year they hang their bags on the window outside the house. A couple has contacted us in order to leverage on this for Hands of Love,\u201d she shares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative has since distributed school bags in Tambo Village in Manenberg (on Saturday 22 January), to Voorspoed Primary School in Hanover Park (on Friday 11 February) and to Woodlands Primary School in Heideveld (on Saturday 19 February).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What Hands of Love now needs, says Versfeld, are books \u2013 old or new \u2013 appropriate for learners aged seven to 13. At the moment, Hands of Love is setting up drop-off points. 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