Mandela Day is a wonderful opportunity to give or do something to encourage and support another community in South Africa. On Monday 18 July 2016, several members of the TRADE team visited the Holdings Hands community project at Rysmierbult to distribute gift packages to the children of the Holdings Hands seamstresses.

TRADE team members had been knitting and preparing the gift packages for several weeks, and it was a great joy to see the children appreciate and enjoy their gifts. We hope that the seamstresses at Holding Hands will be able to secure more projects and that through such work the Rysmierbult community can continue to develop.