Ōtūmoetai College business students are making ties with local businesses to help abandoned and orphaned children in the Philippines.
Mackenzie Mason, Jorja Gibson, Tristan Toor and Jane Weng from SEAD have made scrunchies out of drawings from children in the Ruel Foundation's orphanage in the Philippines as part of the Young Enterprise Scheme.
Mason, who is the team's head of communications, said the group will donate 70 per cent of all profits to the Ruel Foundation to help the children in need.
"We handmade each accessory ourselves from pinning, sewing, elasticating and packaging," she said.
Mason said the business idea evolved after discovering the team's chief executive Jorja Gibson sponsored a child in the Philippines.