Thanks to ACA Threads, Cape Town!!!

We are so grateful to ACA Threads for their very practical and loyal support. ACA give us huge bags of the 'end of reels' of their special white and black thread which is suitable for our beadwork. It has been a great saving to us to have this ready supply of thread. Thank you to the staff and management of ACA who look after our needs and we appreciate your interest in the project and ever helpful responses to our requests.

Shireen Ely of ACA Threads with Denzil Appolis and Ivan Klaasen

Shared order for IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare)

100 000 elephant brooches in 4 weeks! – this huge order was secured by another local NGO, Learn to Earn, and they asked other projects to help.  We discovered that we have some thriving entrepreneurs among our mothers – keen to take advantage of this opportunity to earn extra money.  

 

Sylvia Rasimeni , Monelwa Canda completed  over 3000 brooches between them  in addition to their normal weekly beadwork. In total only 14 mothers participated and our contribution was 6800 brooches.

Help for strained eyes

An exciting partnership with a local optician, Quentin Baker of Kenilworth Spec Savers, has enabled many of our mothers to acquire non-prescription readers. 

By the smiles on their faces we know that this has made a huge difference to the ease of doing intricate beadwork in what are often poor lighting conditions in their homes.  The elementary reading tests carried out by Lucia Matshoba, Kidzpositive mother and employee, identified some mothers who had more complicated problems.

As a result of this Philisa Mtwecu and Nosipho Ntuli were taken to the optician for tests and fitted with prescription glasses. They were delighted! 

THANK YOU Quentin and 

Kenilworth Spec Savers!