Launched in 2015 with the belief that making and giving a quilt to vulnerable children living in difficult circumstances shows God’s love to those children and lets them know that someone cares for them.
In March 2015 four ladies in Chichester, UK decided to meet on Monday mornings to make quilts. The initial idea was to send a quilt to every country in Africa!! Since our beginning the need has become far greater than we imagined and we now have two workshop sessions in Chichester as well as groups making Dorcas quilts in Glasgow and Yeovil.
So far we have sent quilts to many places from London and Sussex in the UK to nine countries in Africa as well as several locations in Europe and Asia.
Dorcas Quilts was set up with the aim of providing quilts for vulnerable children who, through no fault of their own, find themselves in difficult circumstances. The idea of a quilt is to show God’s love to those children and to let them know that someone cares for them. However the need to extend this soon became very apparent when we were asked to supply ladies in a local Women’s Refuge with a quilt so the purpose of Dorcas Quilts now is to provide children, babies and women who are in need with a quilt to show them that someone cares for them.
We always send the quilts with a person known to us who will deliver the quilts to the specified place. The only request from us is for a photo of the quilts in situ wherever this is possible or appropriate. We only use fabric which is new! Old clothes and sheets are not good as apparently they may carry germs which could cause problems abroad. So far the fabric, thread and sewing machines have come from donations only and we believe that God will provide with the resources for as long as this work should continue.
Last year a lady had a lot of complications in her pregnancy and also after the birth of her child. She could not work on her fields because of that. The shawl from Dorcas Quilts made her happy and excited. She's hopeful this year she'll be able to manage all her fields and also do a high value crop (tomatoes) later in the year.”
We make and send quilts to children in difficult circumstances all over the world.
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