Changing lives one little dress at a time….
Little Dresses for Africa is a non-profit 501c3, Christian based organization which provides relief to the children of Africa. Simple dresses are made out of pillow cases and distributed through the orphanages, churches and schools in Africa to plant in the hearts of little girls that they are worthy!   Staff and students from the Gary Job Corps Center have been involved in “Little Dresses for Africa” for over 6 months.  Betty Harris, Gary Recreation Advisor, has sponsored the program over 40 dresses have been completed and sent to the Girls.  Knowing the history of the girls in Africa and the difficult road that lay ahead, a traveler decided she would take back some dresses to the children in the villages.  A small group of ladies began to sew simple little dresses, made out of pillowcases, to be distributed to young girls through the orphanages in Africa. This was only the beginning. It continues to grow as groups of all sizes spring up across America.  These groups cross age, gender and denominational lines, to serve the most vulnerable of God’s children: little girls.  To date we have received dresses and donations from all 50 states across the USA and received well over 300,000 little dresses, that have been distributed in 28 countries of Africa!  We have also sent dresses to countries in crisis, when requested, such as Honduras, Guatemala, Philippines, Cambodia, Mexico and thousands and thousands to Haiti.  In addition, we have sent dresses to children in need right here in the United States, in the Appalachian Mountains and South Dakota. But more importantly than how many have been shipped, are the lives that they have touched. These dresses (and now also britches for boys!) go out as little ambassadors in the name of Jesus, to give hope to the children that receive them.  http://www.littledressesforafrica.