BLANKETS OF HOPE

A PERFORMER stands in front of the thousands of knitted blankets, dubbed the Rainbow Nation Blanket of Hope, on display on the school field at Steyn City to mark the upcoming Nelson Mandela Day as part of the 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day project in Johannesburg yesterday.

The project sees thousands of blankets being knitted by ‘knitwits’.

The organisation said after the display, the Gift of the Givers will then distribute the individual blankets to people in need ahead of what is expected to be a bitterly cold winter.

This year’s event also honoured medical staff and first responders for their work during the Covid-19 pandemic.

In KwaZulu-Natal, blankets that had been knitted for the 67 Blankets initiative were donated to Gift of the Givers on April 29 to donate to those in need as a result of last month’s floods.