Cape Town is a city of incredible diversity, which adds to its fascination for both locals and visitors alike. Despite its breath-taking natural beauty, luxurious lodges and diverse cultures, South Africa has many social challenges – many of its citizens live in extreme poverty and face daily struggles to survive, let alone flourish. We are extremely fortunate in this country, that we have incredible organizations such as Uthando South Africa, that we admire and support, doing incredible work in this field. Uthando (meaning love in Xhosa) is a unique non-profit and Fair Trade in Tourism accredited organization which aims to raise funds for life changing community development projects in South Africa. Motivated by love, compassion and respect, Uthando seeks to form part of the solution to meet these challenges. As an award-winning model of Responsible Tourism and Travelling Philanthropy, Uthando draws on its extensive network of cherished partnerships in tourism and community development, with the ultimate goal of linking these two sectors in a myriad of innovative, sincere and meaningful ways. Through their deeply respectful and culturally-sensitively philanthropic tours and experiences, Uthando celebrates the Proudly South African culture, while shining a light on the many deserving but hitherto unsung community heroes whose efforts so often go unrecognized and unrewarded. Many of our guests have already participated in one of their township tours, which offer you, the guest, a unique opportunity Uthando to discover this country from a wholy different perspective. There is hardly a guest who hasn’t come off one of Uthando’s tours, who hasn’t been incredibly humbled and positively overwhelmed by the experience. Find out more about this at www.uthandosa.org – or, of course, from us.
