UJW Sewing School graduates model creations

The outfits modeled by graduates of the Union of Jewish Women’s (UJW’s) Sewing School were all the more spectacular for the fact that some of their creators had never seen a sewing machine prior to the four-month course. They were modelled at the school’s graduation ceremony at Oxford Shul on 15 December to much excitement […]
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.
Johannesburg – Mandela Day, Bags for new beginnings

UJW Jhb played fairy godmother to over 260 disadvantaged Moms who gave birth at Govt. Hospitals and Clinics on Mandela Day. The Moms received bags laden with goodies such as new blankets, baby grows, vests, beanies, bibs, booties, nappies, toiletries.
Garden of Hope

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Kosher Mobile Meals Convenor

Kosher Mobile Meals Convenor, Glenda, with some of UJW’s dedicated Kosher Mobile Meals Volunteers. KMM is Johannesburg’s flagship project
2017 Sewing School Graduation

2017 Sewing School Graduation. Students, none of whom had previously used a sewing machine, display their certificates. Each of them is wearing an outfit that they made.