Mission Possible, a charity based in Vancouver, Canada, has started a double target programme. The charity is collecting discarded soaps and lotions from several hotels and hiring Downtown Eastside women to repackage them for donations around the world.
Brian Postlewait, executive director of Mission Possible, notes that the programme is a 'win-win for everyone'. “This is good for the environment, because it’s recycling. And you are creating green dignified jobs for women at-risk while saving the lives of children around the world,” he added.
The participating hotels also seem to be pleased with the programme: “We care about sustainability and our guests want to know what we are doing that is green,” Cristina Baldini, a manager at The Beach Club Resort in Parkville, Vancouver Island, told the Province.
The charity collects the discarded amenities from participating hotels, at a nominal fee of $1 per room per month which are then sanitized and repackaged by women, ready to be sent to homeless shelters locally and worldwide.
We definitely need more initiatives like this.
