Community Service - Little Dresses for Africa
E-club Rotarian Adriane Miller formed an arts and crafts group in The Woodlands, TX, to connect ladies who love to use their creativity for the good of the humanity. They meet twice a month to craft beautiful things while having enjoyable discussions. Their latest project is a wonderful effort to help a non-profit organization called Little Dresses For Africa, whose mission is to provide relief to children throughout the continent of Africa and beyond. Adriane’s group recently made 72 dresses out of pillowcases to girls in African villages who are in orphanages, hospitals and areas of extreme poverty who have nothing but rags to wear. The initial goal was to make 50 dresses, but they are happy to have surpassed this number and eager to continue on. They will now make shorts for boys, sanitary pads (sani-panties) for women and continue making the adorable little dresses. The boxes are sent to Michigan’s Little Dresses for Africa headquarters and from there shipped to Africa and other places. Adriane says “Every time I'm making a dress I am picturing a little girl’s smile when she puts it on. It fills my heart with love and hope. We all feel the same way. When these boxes of dresses are opened in Africa I think there will be a lot of good energy spreading in the air.”
One photo shows the girls in Africa wearing dresses sent from other groups. The other photo shows our group of Brazilian ladies happy to give hope to the children in Africa with the first 72 dresses. From left to right: Marcia Monus, Christiane Andrade, Adriane Miller, Monica Lucena, Rosangela Xavier, Maria Elisa Murad, Mariza Videla, Janina Silva and Myriam Cury. Others not shown on the photo are also helping with their sewing abilities or with material and money donations.
To know more about Little Dresses for Africa and their ongoing projects, please go to littledressesforafrica.org.
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