Knit For Domboreshato School Project

Knit for Domboreshato Primary School Project.

My name is Faustinah Ndlovu, I am 41yrs old. I am an Afrikiwi, born and raised in Zimbabwe, I moved to New Zealand in 2002 but now reside in Christchurch. I am a trained as a Social Worker, currently working Mental Health as a Youth worker.

My New Year’s resolution for 2015 was to make a positive difference to those who are less fortunate than me. I had to think outside of the square and came up a with the idea of attempting to knit the biggest ever doll with a view to endeavor to raise funds for Domboreshato Primary School in Rusape, Manicaland Zimbabwe where I attended my Primary school education.

I started my knitting project on 1 February 2015 and knitted an average of 3hrs a day while juggling up to 60hrs of work a week as a Youth Worker. During the Easter holiday I did a 36 hour knit-a-thon challenge where I knitted for 36 hours at my flat in Addington, Christchurch and at the Haswell quarry. The money raised bought 1000 exercise books for the students of Domboreshato Primary school.

This doll was knitted all as one piece and was stuffed with 180 necessity pillows I bought from the warehouse and is 3.80m in height. I submitted an application with World Genius Record three weeks ago, hoping this Doll is the only one of its kind. I am hoping to hear back from World Genius record in 9 weeks. I had an interview with TV 3 story journalist on 11 September 2015 and am hoping to have an opportunity to share about my Knitting project with the rest of New Zealand. The Press also wrote an article about my story on the 12 September 2015.

The money donated to this project will be used to buy water pump to pump water from the nearest river to the village and school vegetable garden, generate power from renewable energy – biogas energy/ solar energy school track –van. Any excess funds will be used purchase student desks, stationery, uniforms and sports equipment for the students of the school.