I have just looked in my diary and see that Ist December 2014, the first Sunday in Advent, is also World AIDS Day,
are there any leaflets about this organisation that I can distribute at church to highlight this wonderful work ? Or is all your infor
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I am still not knitting due to the hives, since I am on a low dose and weening myself off in order that I don't have another flare.
I was wondering what other home made projects kas accepts. I've seen homemade books for kindergarten, and oth
Read more…Have you, or do you know of an instance of Accidental Goodness, or, acts of goodness that have had wonderful consequences and made a difference? Please feel free to share and add to this thread.
The TV and news media would have us believe that lif
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You know the saying, there are only three certainties in life, birth, death and change? Well, there's a change afoot in KAS. A rebirth you could call it and it's ALL good!
The KasClan
Did you know that you're one of more than 12,000 in our KasCla
This month the Square Heart Award
goes to
Three Close Friends
These three wonderful ladies are friends and neighbors(they live in the same close, wink, wink!) from Loughborough, England. They have been sharing their fr
Read more…This month the Square Heart Award goes to
mother and daughter team
Cathy Smith and Joan Todd
These two wonderful ladies from the USA, knit and crochet tirelessly for the children of South Africa. Their work embodies the quiet love and dedication
Read more…Here's a handy sheet of four KAS Rulers for you to use as handouts at functions.
They can easily be printed at home and laminated for durability using commercially available laminating sheets.
Recent weeks have seen some new faces at KAS on our Thursday opening days and we just love the enthusiasm and energy of new volunteers and contributors. It always amazes me how KAS attracts just the people that are needed for the different stages of
Read more…Here's where we can post examples of people spreading the word both of KAS and of the children we seek to help. In the last three days, these blog posts have come into my inbox through Google Alerts. It is so amazing to see how people promote KAS a
Read more…For the next two weeks, prior to the beginning of the next BIG SURPRISE CHALLENGE, we are giving you free reign to HAVE SOME FUN, while creating mucho squares!
BUT WAIT! Hold your hat! Or should I say; HOLD – THE – HATS!!
We have learned from Ronda
Read more…It is so much easier for Ronda and the team in the new building
There is space to sort all the wonderful items sent by knitters and crocheters from around the world
Read about the move here
We can assist further by following a few guidelines:
Okay, so I'm not only a yarnaholic butalso a KASaholic...beyond any hope of a cure. As an obsessional being, I tried to convert others to become as addicted as I am myself.
In October 2012, I was lucky enough to be granted a half-hour interview on a
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As we look ahead to 2014, Ronda’s team and the Mod team have set some lofty goals…… so lofty in fact, that we are going to try to produce a stack of squares high enough to reach the top of Table Mountain in Capetown, South Africa!
See t
Read more…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…October 2013 marks the 5th anniversary of KAS.
Let us raise our hooks and needles to 2 creative women who turned the desire to provide warmth and comfort to Orphaned and Vulnerable Children into a reality:
Here’s to Ronda and Sandy !
Five years o
Read more…Last week you heard about Oliver and Hotel Hope and the wonderful work they do for orphaned children in South Africa. KAS also supports other organisations who do the most amazing work with children and who are only too pleased to partner with KAS i
Read more…KasSnippets - October 2013
Reporting KAS in South Africa : KAS Helps Children outside of Gauteng
Last week you heard about Oliver and Hotel Hope and the wonderful work they do for orphaned children in South Africa. KAS also supports other organi
Read more…This week we are re-visiting the past, featuring the work of HOTEL HOPE, and the wonderful Oliver Quambusch, and, Ruth Nkosi. Both are beautiful people inside and out!
Ronda was still on the Hotel Hope board and helping with their accounts before
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‘YOURS LIVE’ 2013
Well folks, it’s that time of year again!
The dates for this years ‘Yours Live’ is Tuesday March 5th – Friday March 8th
at Butlins, Skegness
Three wonderful days of crafting events and
Read more…Yesterday morning , Wendy and I travelled comfortably all the way to an informal settlement known as Mamela near the Vaal Dam, some 140 kilometres south of Johannesburg, with the KASvan loaded to capacity !
Our visit was to the Sakhisizwe Day Care
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