At Network Heaven, we save goods that Corporations no longer need due to branding changes, printing mistakes, or obsolete promotional items and include them in individual gifts.
These items are headed for landfill and are so beneficial for people in developing countries. We have shared goods with Australian organisations too where the donor has agreed. To date, we have helped people in Sri Lanka, Armenia, Zimbabwe, Cambodia, Papua New Guinea, Romania, Moldova and Tonga and the islands with obsolete goods that are in excess to Network Heaven needs.
We collect promotional notebooks, caps, bags of all types, drink bottles, corporate clothing, stationery, coloured pencils, and pens. We also ask friends to save sewing kits from hotels and airline novelty items such as toiletry bags, kids packs etc.
We also recycle and can take the following items in working order. These items help small family businesses to operate and earn a living. They must be in working order.
- Unlocked mobile phones with charger
- Transister radios
- Digital cameras
- Watches
- Reading glasses
- Laptops
If you are unsure if any goods are suitable, please contact us and we would be happy to chat about the possibilities of keeping these items out of landfill.
Capacity building is defined as the process of developing and strengthening the skills, instincts, abilities, processes and resources that organisations and communities need to survive, adapt, and thrive in the fast-changing world. Through our efforts to empower individuals, a local partner in Sri Lanka has developed a card making business that is building empowerment into the community and supports eight local women. These cards are quilling cards and sold through friends in Germany and Australia.
Network Heaven has given gifts of chickens, set up shops with sewing machines and helped to set up small businesses such as food carts and small shops in distant rural places particularly in the former war zone.
We recycle all used cardboard and plastics used during the packing week and promote being green in our local communities.
All the boxes used during the packing that contains cardboard, clothing inserts and plastic wrap get recycled making this a truly sustainable exercise. We understand that pollution often effects the poorest communities and we are seeking to bring about change as best we can.
If you are interested in seeing how landfill can end in disaster for the poorest communities, read the following article to understand why it’s important we seek to change thinking and educate to create new industries.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/garbage-dump-collapse-kills-19-in-sri-lanka
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