Archive for October, 2009

Porridge donated to Rosie’s Soup Kitchen

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Many thanks to Rhino Tripping for the donation of boxes of Porridge to the TCD Trust.

The boxes were taken out to Rosie’s Soup Kitchen where she is currently feeding
180 school children every morning on their way to school. While we were delivering the porridge to Rosie she told me that she is also providing a meal for many people suffering with TB, they stop at her kitchen on their way to the TB clinic as they have to have food in their stomach before their medication can be given to them.

Rosie is also providing a meal to many other people in the community who are poor and unemployed.They can get a good nutritionous meal from her at the cost of 60c
a meal.

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Cape Talk Radio – Time out tourist

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

World Responsible Tourism Day is just around the corner – in fact it is on the 11th November. CEO of Cape Town Tourism, Mariette du Toit Helmbold, told Soli Philander on the “time out tourist” show on Cape Talk Radio some good news stories and how we can all help to make a difference.

The story Mariette was talking about was the Tourism Community Development Trust !
Mariette explained to listeners how the TCD Trust had put action behind their good intentions and teamed up unifying the efforts of players in the tourism industry to bring real and meaningful benefits back to the community at large.

Mariette discussed some of the increadible success stories already achieved through the Trust with the support of our “friends of the Trust”. She also mentioned Blomvlei project and the increadble news that we beging building in January 2010 with this ambitious and wonderous project.

“Creating a variety of secure, sheltered, meaningful and inspirational spaces.â€

What is our call to action ?
1. SECURE SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO MAKE THE DREAM COME TRUE.
2. ENCOURAGE ALL MEMBERS OF THE TOURISM INDUSTRY TO JOIN AS FRIENDS OF THE TRUST AND SUPPORT THE GOOD WORK WE DO.
3. GET THE COMMUNITY, PARENTS AND CHILDREN INVOLVED.
4. FINDING PARTNERS AND RESOURCES TO ESTABLISH AN EXTRA MURAL CURRICULUM.

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Cape Town Signs Responsible Tourism Charter

Monday, October 5th, 2009

The Executive Mayor of Cape Town, along with major tourism associations, has signed the Cape Town Responsible Tourism Charter.

The Charter aims to achieve three sustainable developments objectives including economic growth, enviromental integrity and social justice. It places the onus on those in the tourism industry to achieve these objectives.

The charter establishes the basis for sustainable tourism that will contribute to poverty alleviation and economic empowerment; protect the value of local lifestyles and heritage;and minimise the impact on the enviroment by reducing resource consumption.

Mayor Plato said : “Responsible Tourism makes sound business sense. A significant and growing number of tourists are looking for a “different” travel experience and a higher quality product. They want to get closer to the people in the country they visit and experience its real natural and cultural heritage, but they wish to do so in good conscience and in the knowledge that they are doing so in a responsible way without having any adverse effects on the countries that they visit. Cape Town has recently won major international tourism awards, including Africa’s Leading Destination Award two years in a row, and this can to some extent be attributed to the efforts already made in making Cape Town a leading responsible tourism destination.”

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Outlook Lodge and Safaris joins the TCD Trust

Monday, October 5th, 2009

The TCD Trust welcomes on board our latest Friend to the TCD Trust,Outlook lodge and Safaris

Thanks Leonard it’s great to have you on board with the TCD Trust. By becoming a Friend of the Trust you are helping to provide the vital resources we need to do our work and you are assured that your contribution is being put to good use.

We would like to encourage and look forward to some more of our Gauteng and Kwa Zulu Natal Tourism Industry members signing up as Friends of the TCD Trust in the near future !

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We are proud to have these companies as Friends of the Trust