I saw a piece at the end of ABC National News this evening about a charitable organisation that provides blankets and knitted clothing for AIDS orphans in southern Africa.

Did you know that there are an estimated 11.6 million orphans in sub-Saharan Africa?  11.6 million!   Many of these children are AIDS orphans or have been abandoned.   Many live in poverty in shanty towns, many without an adult to care for them.

While other children’s charities work hard to provide food and shelter, Knit A Square provides warmth by asking knitters and crocheters from around the world to send 20cm squares to South Africa to be sewn into blankets.  Their website has easy patterns and full instructions for making the squares and getting them to South Africa safely.  Next month the Crafty Coasters are tackling crochet.  I think I’ve found the project that we can work on.