bless a baby
In 2002, we heard about babies leaving a local hospital without necessities like nappies, clothing or basic toiletries. There was even a baby that went home wrapped in newspaper! Since then we’ve helped more than 33,000 families by supplying basic necessities to help mom and baby get off to a good start.
How you can help
- Join the Bless a Baby team of volunteers who meet Tuesday to Thursday mornings 10am to 12pm and Wednesday afternoons 1:30 - 3:30pm, to sew, sort donations and pack baby bags.
- Knit, crochet or sew for us
- Donate items or clothing for our bags or make a financial contribution via PayFast
- Act as a drop-off point for donations and deliver them to our workroom
- Be an ambassador and use your network of connections
- Follow us and share and like our posts on social media:
- Ask your company to consider us as a beneficiary of their Corporate Social Responsibility programme
- Add Bless a Baby as a beneficiary on your Woolworths MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet card
- Use your online shopping account to purchase toiletries and baby clothing and have it delivered to:
Bless a Baby,
Lord’s Walk
Off Langeberg Road
Durbanville
7550
Donate
You can donate suitable products that can be distributed in baby bags (see the list below), or you can make a financial donation.
Each nappy bag contains the following:
- a knitted blanket,
- a 0-3 month jersey set (beanie, pair of bootees, jersey),
- a 3-6 month jersey set,
- a small bottle of surgical spirits,
- maternity pads,
- 5 disposable nappies (size 1 or 2),
- 3 babygrows (0-3 months),
- a vest (0-3 months),
- a babygrow (3-6 months),
- a receiving blanket,
- 2 face cloths,
- 100g petroleum jelly,
- a bar of baby soap,
- a bar of soap for mom,
- a bib,
- cotton wool,
- a Power 2 You bag,
- 3 books and a soft toy
Baby bags are delivered to these hospitals: Karl Bremer, Kraaifontein, Tygerberg, Wesfleur, Paarl, Mowbray, Delft, Eerste River, Bishop Lavis, Elsies River, Durbanville Clinic and New Somerset Hospital. They’ve also been distributed to communities in need in Botswana, Kenya, Malawi and Swaziland.
Financial Donations
You can donate via PayFast (click the button below),
