I am sure that many of you wonder just what happens to your contributions when they arrive in South Africa so we thought to use today’s report to introduce some of our volunteers and guide you through a “Thursday in the life of KAS SA”.
Wendy and I a
Read more…A few months back we decided we needed to take some updated photos for the purpose of marketing Knit-A-Square. As we are mindful of not to be seen to exploit these orphaned and vulnerable children while promoting the purpose of KAS, we approached Ju
Read more…In April of 2010 Isabelle Bourguignon injured her leg and was not able to perform her work as a flight attendant for a number of months. Being someone who was always on the go, she looked to the internet for something to keep her occupied and she c
Read more…On Tuesday, 3 December we took another long trip to distribute blankets in Evaton. We collected Wandi and Lindi and headed off to meet with Connie, a long-time friend of Wandi’s from the Methodist Church, and now a firm Knit-A-Square supporter. The
Read more…Wandi was recently introduced, via a family member, to a lovely gentleman by the name of David who works with various homes that care for the elderly as well as day care centres in and around the Dobsonville area of Soweto. He was very excited at th
Read more…What an amazing week it was last week culminating in the many Mandela Day initiative that Knit-A-Square took part in, or was associated with, on Friday, 18 July.
I have to mention one of our very special volunteers, Molly, who set a personal goal to
Read more…The temperatures in South Africa have dropped to below freezing during the evenings in many parts of the country recently and there have been reports of snow on the mountains – we have been making sure that the little ones are all wrapped up warm in
Read more…We woke up on Friday, 6 December to the very sad news that the father of our nation, Tata Nelson Mandela (Madiba) had passed away at his home in Houghton. On behalf of all the members of Knit-A-Square we pay loving tribute to this most profoundly hu
Read more…Towards the end of November 2013, after having visited the gogos in Chiawelo for tea, we visited Irene, an old friend of KAS, who runs the amazing Retshepisitswe Day Care Centre based in Chiawelo in Soweto.
You may recall that we visited their e
Read more…Over the last two weeks we have literally seen knitting and crocheting become the new “in thing” around South Africa and everyone wants to do it!
“Why?” you ask – well, because of a lady by the name of Carolyn Steyn. Carolyn lived in the United Sta
Read more…Last week I was able to spend some time with my sister in one of our favourite places – Ngwenya Lodge which borders one of South Africa’s national treasures, the Kruger National Park. We soaked in the peace and quiet of the bush and enjoyed each oth
Read more…On Saturday Ronda visited the home of Nelson Mandela to pay a personal tribute and to represent Knit-a-Square.
Wendy and her daughter Sarah arrived on Sunday as The Salvation Army band was playing the South African national anthem which everyone
Read more…For some time now we have been trying to get to the New Generation crèche in Dobsonville, Soweto to do a large distribution to around 80 children and on Tuesday, 18 March we finally got there!
The KASvan parked outside the school.
I headed off to
Read more…Another week has just whizzed by and as always there is so much on the go!!!!
On Saturday, my daughter, Sarah, and I met Abegail and her daughter, Mandy, at the office. I wish I had taken a photo of Mandy sitting sorting all the beanies, but she has
Read more…As winter approaches we have increased our number of distributions in order to get all the wonderful warm stock of blankets, beanies, tops and other items out to the orphaned and vulnerable children of South Africa before the really chilly weather re
Read more…What an eventful week it has been for KAS!
Firstly, we must wish Sandy and her family all the very best as they embark on their new ventures knowing that they will always be an integral part of the KAS family. Then, you are hearing from me this wee
Read more…On Wednesday, 12 February Wendy and I met Rev Brent Chalmers, the Managing Trustee of The Soul Provider Trust, to hand over 20 of your beautiful blankets for the little boys who recently moved into the Mike Howe Boys House in Springs.
Ronda handin
Wikipedia says, "Fire is a serious hazard in shack (informal) settlements in South Africa and it has been argued that "on average, over the past 5 years, there are ten shack fires per day with someone dying in a shack fire somewhere in South Africa e
Read more…Last week we teamed up with our friends Maryke and Sanne from The Sprout Foundation and headed to an area southwest of Johannesburg called Doornkop which, when directly translated means “thorn hill”. The locals refer to parts of Doornkop as Snake Pa
Read more…Slovenian Sister Fani … in Botswana.
Sr Fani is the dearest, kindest person, someone I was privileged to work with on the SPRED project at my parish. SPRED is [Special Religious Education for Special Needs kids in the Catholic Church.]
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