Communities in need benefit from mattress donation
Some 110 extra-length mattresses ranging between double, queen and king sizes, have been gratefully received by families within the surrounding area of the Wild Coast Sun.
The Wild Coast Sun recently donated 110 mattresses to members of the Bizana communities that include the Amadiba community, Wards 23, 24 and 29 and the Mngungundlovu Communal Property Association (MCPA).
The beneficiaries were identified by ward councillors from the three areas and the MCPA executive committee assisted with the list, prior to Wild Coast Sun delivering the mattresses to their new homes.
The resort’s Social Economic Development Manager, Bandile Mdliva said: “Recently Wild Coast Sun was named Best Luxury Beach Resort in South Africa by Luxury Lifestyle Awards and as such we are surrounded by luxury at Wild Coast Sun with high quality linen, mattresses and furniture. We are faced with a conundrum when it is time to replace them, because they are still in very good condition. Instead of them going to textile and landfill waste sites, we feel that members of the community in need would benefit immensely.
“With regard to this donation, 110 extra-length mattresses ranging between double, queen and king sizes, have been gratefully received by families within our surrounding communities – who were either sharing beds between a number of people or not sleeping on a comfortable bed at all.”
According to the World Sleep Society, which will be celebrating World Sleep Day tomorrow (Friday), sleep is essential to health. The society said “Just like eating well and exercising, sleep is a behaviour that is foundational to one’s physical, mental, and social well-being.”
Wild Coast Sun focuses its Corporate Social Investment through a three-pronged approach – grant funding, employee volunteering and giving (EVG), and in-kind donations.
Mdliva said they believe in playing a fundamental responsible role in improving the lives of the disadvantaged communities, and this in-kind donation of mattresses will certainly help a number of families with better sleeping arrangements.
“Sun International is also running a ‘Share the Warmth’ programme which this aligns nicely too,” he said.
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