Video: 840 Exclusive Dresses for African Kids: The Daily Feat of a 99-Year-Old American
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Charity is one of the virtues about which it is not customary to talk much. Lillian Weber Is an American woman who has dedicated her life to helping African children. Every day she sews dresses, which are sent to all those in need as humanitarian aid. Now Lillian is 99 years old, but despite her venerable age, she does not intend to stop working.
Lillian Weber lives in Iowa, USA. She spends about three hours every day sewing. She collaborates with the non-profit Christian organization Little Dresses for Africa, whose motto is: "We are not only giving African women dresses, we are giving them hope."
Over the past two years, Weber has made over 840 dresses. The craftswoman, of course, uses standard patterns, but she tries to decorate each thing so that none of them is repeated. So African women, dressed by Lillian Weber, boldly flaunt in exclusive outfits.
Lillian Weber hopes that she will be able to sew about one and a half hundred more dresses in order to set a personal record for her 100th birthday in May next year - 1000 items! True, the long-liver admits that when she reaches her goal, she will not stop doing charity work and will sit down at the sewing machine again.
It is noteworthy that the activities of the organization "Little Dresses for Africa" are widely supported not only in the United States, but throughout the world. Seamstresses from Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Mexico and Australia also did not remain indifferent to the project. About 2.5 million items were sent to countries such as Honduras, Guatemala, Thailand, Dominican Republic, Philippines, Cambodia, Mexico, Haiti. By the way, the organizers of the projects offer to sew dresses from … pillowcases. Firstly, these textiles are lightweight and suitable for arid regions, secondly, they are relatively cheap, and thirdly, it makes it possible to use old things that are idle.
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