Get Behind The Mask
#GetBehindTheMask is a movement led by Airbnb hosts across South Africa coming together to support vulnerable communities impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.
You can #GetBehindTheMask by making or donating masks or by participating in the Get Behind the Mask online experience below.
Click below for pattern and instructions. If you wish to donate your masks to Afrika Tikkun, kindly wash and iron them and email facemask@afrikatikkun.org for next steps.
Click below to donate to Afrika Tikkun. Your donation will assist with the production and distribution of cloth face masks to communities who need them the most.
By joining the Get Behind the Mask online experience you will donate two masks to Afrika Tikkun. Click below to sign up for the experience - the first 100 seats are free.
Thousands of hosts across the country are challenging each other, as well as their family and friends, to make and donate 50,000 cloth face masks.
Thousands of hosts across the country are challenging each other, as well as their family and friends, to make and donate 50,000 cloth face masks.
With the support of the Western Cape Government and Afrika Tikkun, we will help to distribute cloth face masks made and donated by hosts on Airbnb to those who need them most.
With the support of the Western Cape Government and Afrika Tikkun, we will help to distribute cloth face masks made and donated by hosts on Airbnb to those who need them most.
Airbnb is also committing R1.75 million towards this public health initiative. This money will support the making and donating of masks and will also go into a fund to provide financial relief for hosts in under-resourced communities.
Airbnb is also committing R1.75 million towards this public health initiative. This money will support the making and donating of masks and will also go into a fund to provide financial relief for hosts in under-resourced communities.
Meet the hosts behind the mask
#GetBehindTheMask on social media
Our partners
Afrika Tikkun
Afrika Tikkun is an organisation that provides a holistic development model in disadvantaged communities, with a focus on Early Childhood Development, Child and Youth Development, and Career Development, better known as the Cradle to Career 360° model.
The Maskathon Challenge
An initiative of the Western Cape Government, City of Cape Town, Wesgro, supportbusiness.co.za and The Craft + Design Institute, the Maskathon Challenge calls upon businesses in South Africa to help donate 1 million fabric face masks to those who need them most.
Useful COVID-19 resources
Watch these videos from The National Department of Health