With the flurry of activities that come along with the month of December - the mountains of cookies to be baked, the tree to trim, the gifts to purchase and wrap, we all need to take a moment for ourselves.
Ronda and Wendy continue to bring us wonderful photographs of the children receiving their blankets, hats and garments. Along with many story snippets of their experiences at the variations places. These photographs not only confirm to the world tha
Hello all! We've all done a wonderful job making beautiful squares to warm and brighten the lives of children of South Africa this year. Now it's time to relax and unwind with whatever you want! Use up scraps! Use colors you love, or patterns you lov
They say that you should live in a house before you make any changes to it! Well, after having been in our KAS office for well over 6 months, we have a good idea of what is and is not working for us. Our biggest challenge is the limited space we ha
The Rotary club of Jeffreys Bay and Spirals Studio have started a project where
children are encouraged to collect, sort and deliver “recyclable junk” to a central point and exchange it for tokens. They can then use the tokens to “shop” in an assoc
I’ve never written a blog before but this calls for drastic action. I’m Karen, thirty-four-years old and I live in Gloucestershire in the UK with my husband, our three-year-old daughter and an aged cat…. an
Today was the handover celebration of Mothers Love Day Care. From just a cluster of shacks to now a solid and warm learning environment, the JAM Germany Makeover Team truly transformed Mothers Love Day Care.This will help to prepare the children for
Today was the handover celebration of Kganya Day Care Centre. From just a brittle structure to now a solid and warm learning environment, the JAM Schweiz (JAM Switzerland) team truly transformed Kganya Day Care Centre. This will help to prepare the c
Today was the handover celebration of Rise Up Day Care Centre. From just a brittle structure to now a solid and warm learning environment, the JAM Schweiz (JAM Switzerland) team truly transformed Rise Up Day Care Centre.This will help to prepare the
Having spent the evening in Newcastle, Wendy and I headed off bright and early to the city of Ladysmith. Ladysmith is in the Uthukela District of KwaZulu-Natal, and is 365 kilometres south of Johannesburg. Important industries in the area include fo
It was unusually warm (almost stuffy and airless) inside the corrugated iron shelter that day although there was a distinct chill in the air outside. We bundled
Early in June we headed off to Othandweni Day Care Centre, in Finetown. We have found that when we start distributing in a new area, the word spreads and principals of all the other local Day Cares come forward asking for blankets, which might expla
Since music is one of my favourite things, I thought I would begin with a song to get us in the mood. Oscar Hammerstein II wrote it, but Julie Andrews sing
101 (or more) uses for Knit-a-Square DONATION CARDS
We have an awesome little item in the KAS shop that often is overlooked - DONATION CARDS. This set of 4 cards has just been updated and is better than ever. Yo
Having spent the evening in Newcastle, Wendy and I headed off bright and early to the city of Ladysmith. Ladysmith is in the Uthukela District of KwaZulu-Natal, and
At the end of May, Wendy and I were invited to Buccleuch Primary School to accept more than 80 blankets that the children had knitted as part of their English curriculum. The timing was perfect – just ahead of mid-winter and the blankets were distri