2024 DISTRIBUTIONS

[Amy]

The 2024 Distribution Season has Started

With The Barn relocating to a different area in Johannesburg there are ample opportunities

for distributions to New-to-KAS Creches. 

Join us on our 2024 journey to Warm The Children in South Africa with Blankets, Beanies, and Hand- Warmers...Soft Cuddly Toys, too.

[Diane Burns]

Wonderful photos, so happy that these beautiful children have a blanket and soft toy to cuddle on chilly nights

[Athelé Oosterbroek]

Thank you so much for your kind encouragement 🙏🏻🤗🤗 It is always a privilege to be the last link in this beautiful chain of love and thoughtfulness. 

[Diane Burns]

Athele, I sent this link to our youngest daughter, she and her husband are going through the process to adopt a young boy from Sierra Leone.  Susannah and Reggie visited the orphanage for a couple of weeks in July. They said it was heartbreaking seeing the children in the orphanage but even more so seeing young children wandering the streets.  If everything goes according to plan they will return to finalise the adoption in December.

[Athelé Oosterbroek]

So many blessings on your daughter and her new little family in the making's journey 🤗🤗 That little fella will be so so happy to find his forever folks 🙏🏻💜

[Amy]

A report from Athele during the week of September 23...

I had a Very rare privilege today … giving these Quadruplets each a KNITASQUARE blanket, soft toy, beanie And a lovely pair of socks. They are four of Twelve children living in Nkotswe village in Venda, close to our borders with Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Their very grateful father sent us these pics to share with all the donors. Three of the four are squares from our wonderful Cath Riley in the UK.

Linda Curtis, two are ones who sewed together beautifully. So grateful to be a small cog in this big beautiful wheel of caring.

So grateful to Estelle McLeod who always keeps us supplied with squares and all the other goodies whenever I let her know I’m going on my travels.

 

I did take some pics but most of the quads were crying most of the time because they e never seen a ‘makua’ (white person) before. We are in a Very remote part of SA.

[Patricia Underwood]

My daughter is a primary school teacher. For the last few years she has been in charge of Elephant Class and had accumulated various elephant themed toys and end of term gifts.This summer she moved classes and all the class names have been changed. The little girl on the right in this photo is holding a Dumbo toy that my daughter donated from her class. What an incredible feeling.

[Athelé Oosterbroek]

Oh my word, Patricia, your story touches my heart so deeply. Please pass on our profound thanks. Estelle went to the trouble of driving across town to get all the toys she had for me to take 600km north of Johannesburg to this remote and mostly extremely impoverished community. Because I'm known in these parts when they hear I'm camping in the nearby River Camp, soon word gets out that the 'blue bird' has got blankets in the boot (our word for trunk) and right away I was told about these quadruplets. By the first afternoon they'd been brought to our campsite by their minders on behalf of their very grateful parents. 

[Amy]

That makes these photos even more special.  I hope your daughter is tickled pink by seeing one of her Ellie in a distribution.

[Karen Gordon]

Oh I'm delighted to read this!!   Aren't they the cutest girls xx

[Athelé Oosterbroek]

It was a privilege to meet quads, especially naturally conceived 😌 and in such a remote place. They had the most adorable names, especially considering they were to make up 4 of a family of 12 children, but sadly I can only recall one name, Blessing. Mom couldn't bring them because she works as a clear at a camp over the river. Very grateful Dad sent this picture of them back at their house, along with a few others. So dear of him.