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We use recycling as a vehicle to assist schools with Staff Solutions for teacher absenteeism. Support us with all your recycling. We will collect. If you are a Business we can provide a tax exemption certificate. Recycle for a good cause

Over seeing the the different legs of the organization:Skills Development and TrainingRecycling and Food Garden Projects at SchoolsProviding Staff Solutions for teacher absenteeism at SchoolsRecycling and Food Gardens at Educare CentresTraining for sorters at the Recycling CentreSeta Accredited Upholstery ProjectSecurity Training and ServicesArts and Culture ProjectsEntertainment Services

Up-cycling lives and waste.Creating employment through up-cycling corporate waste/obsolete stock.As former social outcasts and marginalized men transform derelict spaces into something beautiful, their hearts are transformed as well .In due time they make the transition to full citizenship and their world is a better place...and ours.Hands of Honour employs the ‘unemployable’ in South Africa - those who have experienced homelessness, crime and / or substance abuse - to up-cycle obsolete stock and recyclable items. Much of this waste is provided through partnerships with the corporate sector and would otherwise end up in landfills. Workers process the waste, either rehabilitating material or stripping goods for sale of parts. Proceeds from this have two benefits:*Provide salaries for workers who otherwise have no work options available to them;*Profits are invested in derelict community spaces, focusing on public spaces which have become havens for anti-social behaviour. Hands of Honour brings together three best-practices:While ‘up-cycling’ or reusing waste materials has been done informally by waste pickers scouring the dumps, the organisation works directly with the waste generators to formalise this process, representing something new in South Africa. Corporations are the main ‘donors’ of waste to the organisation, donating rather than disposing of their waste;Hands of Honour’s Job Training Programme provides skills and confidence to those members of society who have ‘checked out’. This both increases employment and rehabilitates the workers;This process funds urban renewal initiatives, focusing on those areas that are identified by the community as being flash points for crime. Taken together, these elements result in a programme that can sustain itself and contribute to a greener city, job creation and reclaiming derelict urban spaces.