The Story, How it all Began...

Most of you are well aware of the high incidence of HIV AIDS in South Africa.  As a result we have a very large number of AIDS orphans and child-headed families.  These children need our support, love and care.  Margie Garratt and her friends wanted to make a difference, so a knitting initiative was started in 2003 delivering jerseys and tracksuits to Aids babies and impoverished children in the Western Cape. 

Margie adapted a Mother Teresa knitting pattern to produce the easiest possible knitting and fitting jersey pattern, which can be adapted to fit children from a year to 10 years old.  The pattern is really easy to knit.  We have shared it widely in South Africa and abroad. 

To date we have received and distributed 2030 jerseys, 1452 tracksuits and approximately 114 quilts/duvets to various charitable homes in the Cape; CWD (Catholic Welfare and Development) Pre-schools, Child Welfare in Hermanus, Fikelela Aids Project, Goedgedacht, Home from Home and Nazareth House Children's Home to name but a few destinations.

Various people have spied children happily playing in the grounds of these homes dressed in our jerseys.  This knitting project has given joy in the most unexpected quarters;  not only have clildren been warmed through this initiative but many older women have found a new purpose in life. Helping others.

Join our knitting project and donate a warm jersey to impoverished children in South Africa

For more insight and contact:

CWD : +27 (0)21 425 2095   info@cwd.org.za  www.cwd.org.za
Fikelela Aids Project : + 27 (0)21 465 1557  info@fikelela.org.za  www.fikelela.org.za
Goedgedacht : +27 (0)22 482 4369  goegeda@iafrica.com   www.goedgedachttrust.org.za
Home from Home : +21 (0)21 761 7251  jane@homefromhome.org.za  www.homefromhome.org.za 
Nazareth House : +27 (0)21 461 1635  info@nazhouse.co.za
www.nazhouse.org.za