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  • Bambooka Ethical Policy

    Bambooka is a progressive volunteer-run fashion brand: a not-for-profit outfit, making desirable shades from sustainable materials, and investing 100% of our profits directly into our partner charities. Buy a pair of Bambookas, and you’re helping ordinary people in rural South Africa escape poverty and build a better life with PEPE (People Empowered Preserved Earth). And […]

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  • Bambooka Sunglasses – Our Vision for a Brighter Future

    Bambooka Sunglasses – Our Vision for a Brighter Future Why Charity for Selfish Reasons is the Gift that Keeps on Giving Bambooka is at the forefront of fashion, in a way almost no other brand can be. We’re a progressive, non-profit organisation taking on traditional business practices, traditional fashion trends, and traditional ideas on how […]

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    Coast to Coast Fundraising Trek – Stage 4

    The time has com again for our special fundraising trek, this time we are doing things a little differently. We aim to reduce costs wherever possible ant that has come down to the organisation of this years trek.  We started at St Bees back in 2013 and have completed 3 stages of the trek since […]

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  • PEE WEE ELLIS – LEGENDARY MUSICIAN AND OUR NEW ADVOCATE

      Once again we are excited about our new relationship with another advocate.  We have the pleasure of already being supported by talented and passionate artists, specifically Carleen Anderson and Fred Wesley & the New JBs with whom it is an honour to be associated with. As it turned out they have gone above and […]

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  • THE SUNGLASS STYLE GUIDE

    So shopping day’s here, you can’t believe you have time in the day to clock in some solid browsing hours. Yes you’ve gone through all the sections, tops, shorts, even the jewellery stand? CHECK! You’ve even given the socks aisle a once over and grabbed a comical number with a character you want to start […]

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  • Students at Sisonke, love their new bamboo eyewear

    BRINGING VISION TO SISONKE

    EYE EXAMS & BAMBOO EYEWEAR AT SISONKE SCHOOL

    Children in Africa are not provided with Spectacles, contact lenses, even a simple eye test that…

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  • taking a rest from all the trekking

    COAST TO COAST STAGE 3

    KATE SHARES HER EXPERIENCE OF THE TREK

    One of the trekkers from the third stage of our Coast-to-Coast fundraiser writes a the reflective post about meeting…

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  • Eagle crag in The Lake District

    COAST TO COAST STAGE 2

    NEW AND FAMILIAR FACES

    Having succeeded on the first stage of the Coast to Coast trek; Sandra, Rob, Baz, Dave, Asta and Ruth have taken up the challenge yet…

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  • NEW ADVOCATE FOR BAMBOOKA

    THE NEW FACE OF BAMBOOKA – CARLEEN ANDERSON

    Put your hands together for our new brand ambassador and one of the most powerful vocalists today, 2013 Jazz FM UK Vocalist of the Year…

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  • New Bambooka bamboo eyewear

    THE COAST TO COAST TREKKERS RETURN

    FROM BABBLING BROOKS TO VARIOUS COLOURED SHEEP

    So, it has been quite eventful to say the least; hats off for The Trekkers Return after experiences of…

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  • Robin hoods bay

    THE COAST TO COAST TREK BEGINS

    AN INTRODUCTION TO OUR COAST TO COAST FUNDRAISER

    Today is the first day of the coast to coast challenge; all in all we have managed to accrue about 11 people, amongst these are…

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  • The Ouanoukrim Mountain

    TREKKING IN MOROCCO

    MOUNTAIN TREKKING TO RAISE FUNDS FOR PEPE

    A team of our partners and supporters have undertaken a mountain trek in Ouanokrim, one of the tallest mountains in the…

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  • Atlas Mountains

    FUNDRAISING TREK

    PLANS FOR OUR NEXT FUNDRAISER ANNOUNCED

    PEPE has been moving things along in Amasame and thanks to Ruth Van Cranenburgh the…

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  • People of Amasame

    Bambooka / PEPE Fundraiser Trek

    OUR LATEST FUNDRAISING PLANS

    The Bambooka team have put their heads together and have organised a fundraiser to help get funds for…

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