DeskBags

Regrettably, during the Covid pandemic, DeskBags had to close its doors.

We still have a bunch of awesome DeskBags in storage that we need to sell ASAP due to accumulating storage fees.

Previously priced at R250 per DeskBag, we are offering significant discounts on these bags.

For logistical reasons, we prefer to sell the DeskBags as a whole rather than individually.

If you are interested in purchasing them, please feel free to reach out to us via email at shannonroscher .com

DeskBags DeskBags provide a unique product to address the shortage of school desks in Africa, with a particul

It's a new year, it's a new decade which is exciting for most - however, for over 3 million deskless students, it's a daunting start to the year knowing that they still have to do their school work on the floor due to a lack of school desks in South Africa.

Your company can help change their destiny by supporting DeskBags. We provide an instant solution to the problem: a hybrid satchel which functions as a school bag and a portable desk.

DeskBags is Section 18A registered company :)

Visit www.DeskBags.co.za for more information or email [email protected]

DeskBags operates in underprivileged areas across South Africa to help deskless school children. If you want to keep a child in school for longer, please share this post with your company and ask them to adopt DeskBags as their CSI partner of choice. Visit www.DeskBags.co.za for more information.

With over 3 million deskless school children in South Africa, your company can help change their destiny by supporting DeskBags. We provide an instant solution to the problem: a hybrid satchel which functions as a school bag and a portable desk.

DeskBags is Section 18A registered company which means that you are able to claim back at the end of your financial year end :)

Visit www.DeskBags.co.za for more information or email [email protected].

If your company is keen on making a difference before the end of this year, please consider DeskBags, an amazing solution to help children with their educational struggles. Check out www.DeskBags.co.za for more information.

Wouldn’t you feel good knowing that your company helped ease this young boy’s educational struggles and helped him to achieve his dreams? You can make a difference by ordering DeskBags for the 2019 school year now at [email protected].

MAXAM and Msobo Community Outreach

MAXAM in conjunction with Msobo Coal made a substantial difference to the lives of 1,290 learners in Carolina and Breyton, by sponsoring a desk-bag. The Grade 1 to 4 learners of Siyacathula Primary School in Breyten and the Grade 1 and 2 learners of Zenzeleni Primary School in Carolina each received a desk-bag. A desk-bag is an educational tool that enables a learner to work in comfort under any circumstance.

These desk-bags were enthusiastically received by excited learners, who will put it to daily use.

According to Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga’s there are over 3 million children who do not have school desks.

MAXAM and Msobo Coal are proud to participate in a process that enables young minds through education, by sponsoring desk-bags. We believe that this innovative tool will allow children to develop themselves to their potential.

The sponsored desk-bags are a combination of a portable desk and a school bag, manufactured by DeskBags, a Non-Profit Company.

These desk-bags are made of recycled reflective material, that is strong and durable. A desk-bag is robust enough to last the exposure to a youthful environment. Each bag is hand-made and the reflective material enhances visibility on the daily commute to school.

The partnership between MAXAM and Msobo Coal is one of supplier and client. MAXAM supplies Msobo Coal with its commercial explosives and related services to mine coal.

MAXAM is an Global company with its head office in Spain and has been a manufacturing company in South Africa for over 40 years. MAXAM offers unique blasting solutions to the mining sector. The company’s core values encompass commitment to our local communities, and believes that education is the key to any great change.

Msobo Coal (Pty) Ltd is a coal-mining company, situated 20km North of Ermelo in Mpumalanga province. Msobo Coal values integrity, fairness, diversity, innovation, open and transparent communication and good corporate citizenship.

DeskBags is a Non-Profit Company (NPC) that provides hybrid satchels which serves as a school bag and portable desk when folded open onto the child’s lap. This NPC is situated in Boksburg and employees previously disadvantaged women from the local community.’

Through initiatives like the sponsoring of desk-bags, a great change is sparked in a young life.

With over 3 million deskless school children in South Africa, your company can help change their destiny by supporting DeskBags. We provide an instant solution to the problem: a hybrid satchel which functions as a school bag and a portable desk.

DeskBags is Section 18A registered company which means that you are able to claim your donation back at the end of your financial year end :)

Visit www.DeskBags.co.za for more information.

Do you need to lower your company’s tax bill before the end of this Financial Year? By donating DeskBags to a school in need, we can offer your company a Section 18A certificate for the full amount of your donation, to claim your spend back from SARS! Help us to make a difference.

For more information, visit www.deskbags.co.za

For more information on how you or your company can get involved and help change the lives of the millions of deskless students in South Africa, contact us at 011 896 1818 or info .co.za

Converse sponsors DeskBags to 1,500 deskless students in Diepsloot

Wednesday, 31 January 2018: Converse SA made a substantial difference in the lives of 1,500 deskless students in Diepsloot by providing them all with a tool to learn with dignity, but most importantly to learn to their full capabilities – a DeskBag.

Diepsloot Secondary Number 3 school and Diepsloot Combine school have both been in dire need of school desks for a number of years, their students are forced to do their school work on the cold, hard floor or to share a single desk with about five other students at a time. Today, Converse donated nearly half a million rands in DeskBags to these desperate schools.

According to Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga’s parliamentary response, there over 3 million children who do not have school desks and are forced to use the ground as a writing surface. DeskBags is an innovative solution to this South Africa challenge. The Non-Profit Company (NPC) provides hybrid satchels that double as school bags and portable desks when folded open onto the child’s lap. The front flap of the bags is reinforced with ABS plastic, ensuring a hard and stable surface for children to use and to write on while doing their work at school and homework at home.

“As a company whose product appeals mostly to the youth market, we strive to partner with initiatives that assist local communities throughout South Africa. In the last few years we have donated nearly 5,000 DeskBags in Gauteng. We love that the initiative allows these millions of deskless students to now learn with dignity,” says Converse Brand and Marketing coordinator, Lee-Anne McKenzie.
Managing Director of DeskBags, Shannon Roscher explains that DeskBags are aimed at enabling underprivileged South African students to have access to basic education tool such as a portable desk allowing them to develop to their fullest potential. The lack of a desk as a writing surface puts these underprivileged learners at an immediate disadvantage as it affects their handwriting, concentration, eye sight and most noticeably, their overall academic performance.

Roscher says the bags were specifically designed to be tough and durable. “They are rugged enough that, when well looked after, can last a pupil many years. They have been constructed using recycled billboard materials making the bags tough and waterproof yet light enough to be carried even by a Grade 0 student. DeskBags are also reflective which make school learners visible when walking along busy roads.”

DeskBags vision succeeds through partnerships. It is only through the support of corporate South Africa, such as Converse SA which enables DeskBags to be deployed to poverty-stricken areas in the sort of quantity that could make a difference in the lives of all these needy students. Bags cost as little as R200.00 each, corporates are encouraged to support needy schools in their areas of operation and can sponsor a class, a grade or preferable an entire school.

For more information about DeskBags and how you can contribute to their efforts, visit www.deskbags.co.za or contact them directly on [email protected] or 011 896 1818.