Cloth Pads for An African Orphanage
Posted on 31. May, 2010 by Trish in Crafts
I recently came across a post on a forum by someone who was asking for advice for how to make cloth pads for an orphanage in Africa. Her friend was adopting 2 girls from there and none of the girls had any sanitary supplies. There were 30 girls, so the gal was going to try to make 200 cloth pads for them, also known as Mama Cloth.
Well, next thing we know, everyone is volunteering to help out and we had over 200 pads promised, and more coming in, so we decided to try for 400 pads to help another orphanage! They also needed underwear and wetbags to keep the dirty pads in.
It was amazing to see the generosity of everyone involved. I decided to try my hand at making some and got 10 done fairly quickly. I had never made them before, but they were pretty simple. Here are the 10 I made up.
For some reason the post was removed on the forum and people wanted someplace to keep track of the progress, so I volunteered my blog here for that purpose. I don’t have all the original information of how many have been promised or the link to the pattern a lot of people were using, but I will try to update this post as I get more information. To all those who were originally participating, feel free to leave a comment with any questions or to let us know your progress. You can leave the link to your pictures in your comments so everyone can take a look at your wonderful creations!
*Please note that your comment might go into moderation. I’ll try to approve all the comments as soon as possible, but it might take a little time before it gets approved!*
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mgmsrk
31. May, 2010
I’m pretty sure that she needed them by the 10th of June.
misidawnrn
31. May, 2010
thanks for making this a check in spot. My 45 are boxed up and ready to go tomorrow then the P.O. is open. I was very happy to donate my time and lots of spare material I had laying around to a good cause!
Weecycled Woolies
31. May, 2010
Ok, so I am now sitting down to pin them all. I have been sick most of the weekend so I haven’t gotten as many done as I wanted, but will hopefully get them all done in the next few days.
Anyone know what date she needed them by? Also, did she ever say why she needed them by that certain date? Just curious
Trish
31. May, 2010
I think she needed them by the 10th because the gal was leaving to go to Africa to pick up the girls she was adopting, so they had to have them in time for her to take with her.
Heather
31. May, 2010
She needed them by that date to get them off to the mama going to pick up her daughters in Africa
MomtoMackandChelsea
31. May, 2010
Just updating that I sent out 20 pads today. if anyone needs Mel’s mailing addy post me at DS.
The Fancy Pansy
31. May, 2010
I made it over here! I’ll be back later to chat/share/etc
Katie
31. May, 2010
I have 20 wetbags made for it. I came here from DS. I need to know where to send them. I thought that the last total for wetbags before the thread got deleted was 0. I’m not sure if we need 30 or 60. I guess the more the better.
Heather Scheirmann
31. May, 2010
I made 32 ready to be mailed off tomorrow. Thanks for coordinating the blog!
karabeth05
31. May, 2010
i’m in for 20 pads (from the original thread), thanks for hosting the donation on your blog!
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mgmsrk
31. May, 2010
Thank you for doing this for us.
mgmsrk
31. May, 2010
First thank you so much for this.
I am making Wet bags and some cotton bags the girls can store the MC in when not in use and for carrying the clean ones.
If we can get the OP on to post her updated totals we can go from there.