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| Sue Mees centre with the team. |
‘Fish and
chip babies’ are children born with nothing and often sent home wrapped in
newspaper for warmth.
The Tumaini
Fund was established by Susan Wilson to provide some support for the babies in
Kagera, Tanzania, many of whom are orphans, born with AIDS or raised by single
mothers. Susan Wilson said “All these
mothers and babies had to hang onto was hope.”
Sue Mees,
President of Browns Bay Rotary turned what started as a pastime into a project
of hope and gathered up about 20 women from the Browns Bay Rotary and Torbay
Probus Club and got them all behind the cause. “It’s 100 babies that are going
to have an item of clothing. It’s just a
drop in the ocean but it makes a difference” Mees says.
The women knit
jumpers all using the same pattern and made up of bright colours.
Photo courtesy of Zizi Sparks/Fairfax Media
