Keep a Child Alive

Little Dresses for Africa

Yvonne, living in Wisconsin for the past 32 years is recently retired and now an active member of Little Dresses for Africa. Shortly after retirement, her sister Barbara had told her about a TV Program that highlighted an organization whose mission was to help make dresses for young girls in Africa. Looking for her niche in retirement, her sister thought she might be interested in this organization and the rest is history! She contacted the Founder of Little Dresses for Africa, Rachel and since the first day they spoke, Yvonne has been on a mission making dresses and encouraging other women and their churches to be apart of the great cause and labor of love.

Little Dresses for Africa is a christian non-profit organization that creates little dresses and boys shorts & shirts out of pillowcases and distributes them to children of Africa. As they like to say, ”We’re not just sending dresses, we’re sending hope.” They send them with travelers, mission teams and take them over on a trip once a year!
 
One day Yvonne’s mother Opal, who is a fan of Alicia Keys heard on the news that Alicia was journeying back to Africa and thought that maybe her organization (KCA) could take some of the little dresses with her. After visiting our website, Yvonne found our phone number and after “praying first” she called and spoke with Cheryl. As she says, “Cheryl’s heart was open to receive my call and request.” 
 
Yvonne says that ”Making the little dresses and encouraging others to participate has given me meaning and purpose in life. I now understand what it means……. that we were saved to serve. I hope to be known as a servant of the Lord who cares.”

Little Dresses for Africa were so delighted when Yvonne contacted Keep a Child Alive to see if some dresses could come with us on our next trip to Africa. Keep a Child Alive has now taken dresses, shirts & shorts over on our last 3 visits to Africa.

From Yvonne’s latest update - she said we can expect our next shipment of 200 dresses & panties in September!
 
Thank you Little Dresses for Africa - look at these smiles of little girls in their new dresses!