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 weekly at ESCC to pack baby bags or to help knit, sew or crochet blankets, jerseys, beanies and booties. Pick a day of the week that suits you and join us for 2 hours.
- Knit, crochet or sew for us
- Donate items or clothing for our bags or make a financial contribution 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
Most needed items:
Find out more about how you can make South Africa a better place by helping these moms and babies:
Most needed items:
- 0-3 month outfits and 0-3 month vests
- Wrapping blankets
- Disposable nappies size 1 or 2
- Face cloths
- Soap for Mom and baby (100g only)
- Petroleum jelly 100ml
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.
