Weekly Friendship Club Lunch.
Sewing School Empowerment Project.
Alexandra Aftercare and Feeding Scheme.
Bags for New Beginnings Project
Every few months bags containing essentials needed for new-borns are delivered to clinics and hospitals in Gauteng, much to the delight and relief of the Moms.
Sandwiches delivered by Liberty on Mandela Day
After assisting UJW to make sandwiches on Mandela Day, volunteers from Liberty delivered 1000 sandwiches, as well as packets of soup, to Johannesburg Girls Preparatory School. The excited children went home with full tummies and packets of soup for their families.
Making sandwiches on Mandela Day.
Guests from the Open Air School, Tafta (Frail Care Centre) and community members making sandwiches on Mandela Day. 1000s of sandwiches were made and our invited project representatives then took their allocations away with them. The balance was delivered to other projects, homes, safe houses, etc.
UJW brings cheer to scholars by paying for uniforms
UJW paid off the lay-buys at PEP stores in Walmer, Port Elizabeth. The excitement and relief shown by cash-strapped parents when they came to pay their final installments before the start of the school year was heart-warming.
Baby Clothing Donation
15 Kgs of baby clothing was donated by Australian donors and delivered by Barbara Shotland, a past UJW Durban Chairman now living in Australia. The clothing was for ‘gifting forward’ to Moms in maternity wards on Mothers’ Day. Delighted UJW members Jenny, Linda and Evelyn with Barbara (on the right)
2019 Mandela Day Highlights Around the Country
