Athele has recently taken a trip up north to the Bende Mutale area of South Africa. it is a 613 Km/381 mile trek. Along the way she has been distributing KAS warmth to those in need. These photos come from her Facebook page and we hope you enjoy.
Eikenhof is about 25 km from our KAS Barn in Randburg.
We first visited this daycare center in Eikenhof in 2015 with the support of our driver at the time Joel. This area is extremely poor and well outside of Soweto. Here is the link to the 2015 Di
As you will all know, Ronda in South Africa needs funds to enable her and her wonderful team to continue distributing the blankets, hats, hand warmers and toys that we make and send.
We don’t like to keep asking members to contribute financially, but
Mabel headed to Soweto in the area of Ekhayaletu. This is one creche that Mable has been looking after. MAAC "Military Attache and Advisor Corps", provided 15 of the beanies pictured here. They also provided the apples and biscuits in the pictures
Mabel and Themba loaded up the KAS van and headed to two daycare centers in Swaneville. It is about 25 miles from the KAS Barn. The Swaneville area is one that Lindi usually handles. Our dear Lindi is still frail and not really able to do distribu
Remember that by age four, most children's heads are the same size as an adult's, so aim for adult-sized beanies. Hand-warmers need to be child-size to fit properly.
We totaled $825.87 this month, thanks to a very generous donation, with $60.97 going towards yarn for the gogos. Keep up the great work on the Pay the Customs Handling Fee!
Knit a Square is planning its first ever mass distribution of blankets on April 6 this year. You may have read about this in Leanne's Blog That Warm Fuzzy Feeling. We want to give you some more information about this endeavor and have a discussio
Kambuzuma is 692 miles away form our KAS Barn in Randburg
Athele has a wonderful friend, Tanja Komen who took KAS packages to Zimbabwe and delivered them to children and families in need. The following comments and photos are from Ahtele and Tanja.
In the fall of 2018 we asked our volunteers in the KAS Barn what they would like to see as monthly themes for the coming year. They came up with A Slice of Africa for February.
This month we want you to explore Africa, maybe be inspired by th