Category Archives: National Projects

Mandela Day 2017 – Bags for New Beginnings

To commemorate Mandela Day, UJW played fairy godmother to hundreds of disadvantaged moms and their new-born babies at a number of clinics and hospitals in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth & Pretoria. The new Moms were given bags filled to the brim with an incredible variety of baby items including Babygros, blankets, nappies, baby soap,…

Mandela Day Catch the Cavity Project

To commemorate Mandela Day, all branches of the Union of Jewish Women across the country – in Cape Town, Durban, East London, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth and Pretoria – distributed toothbrushes and toothpaste to thousands of young children at disadvantaged pre-primary and primary schools. Oral hygienists attended at some of the schools to give advice on…