Elderly residents of Rose Village in Roosevelt Park are spreading warmth all around Gauteng for the seventh year.
The ‘tannies’, under the guidance of Doreen Smith and Joan Mooney, residents of Rose Village, have been passionately knitting scarves, beanies, blankets, gloves and jerseys for years in order to make sure impoverished and neglected little ones around Gauteng stay warm around the winter time.
Sešego Cares CEO Annemarie Moster, an NGO in Weltevreden Park, said that the project started years ago when she saw an elderly woman walking from house to house collecting wool. She then asked the woman what she was going to do with the wool. She responded that she was making clothes for people in need. Mostert then took the woman to Alexandra where she showed her the work she was doing with children that needed wheelchairs. The woman pledged to a knit jersey for each one of those children. The story was picked up by Rose Village, and that was when their partnership started seven years ago.
The Wool Project, as it became known, entails the donation of wool by friends of Sešego Cares, which is then delivered to the tannies for them to work their magic and produce high-quality winter garments for distribution to the most vulnerable in the community.
The beneficiaries who at last year’s count were in excess of 8 500, range from the disabled children to |Aids orphans and the elderly. This year 850 items have already been collected and will soon warm the hearts and lives of people in need. These garments have been donated to places such as Hammanskraal, Soweto, Eldorado, Greymont, Krugersdorp, Lynmeyer, Alexandra, Alberton and the greater East Rand.
“On behalf of the beneficiaries of the wool project, I would like to thank the tannies for their incredible work, passion and kindness. I am always amazed by the swiftness at which they produce these garments and it is easy to see the amount of love, creativity and thought that has gone into making each and every one of the,” said Mostert. She concluded by acknowledging the significance of the wool donations made by friends of Sešego Cares in spreading the warmth of love to the less fortunate this winter. Donations can be made all year round to Building 1,The House, Constantia Office Park, Cnr 14th Avenue and Hendrik Potgieter Street, Weltevreden Park.
Details: Annemarie Mostert, CEO Sešego Cares: 011 475 3372
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