The African Theatres and Knit for Life Recognition Awards

About the Event:
African Theatres and Knit for Life are back with another amazing event, this time recognising ethnic communities for their work and contribution to society and beyond. The African Theatres and Knit for Life Recognition Award ceremony will be accompanied by multicultural dinner, music and dance. It will be an entertaining and rewarding night to enjoy with your community and friends.

This event invites all cultural groups and ethnicities in the Hillshire area to connect with and recognise efforts of their fellow community members.

Bring your kindest smiles and mightiest of achievements to bask in the joy of community recognition.

Limited spots only, book now.

About the Organiser:
Knit For Life is a registered Not for Profit with the ACNC. Potential donors and sponsors can benefit from making a tax-deductible donation towards the African Theates-Knit For Life partnership taking Australian Youth on a volunteering trip to Africa.

Knit for Life: Women uplifting villages in Zimbabwe

The partnership between KFL and AT should include:

KFL recently completed a Knitting, Training and Development centre in the village of Chatsworth, Zimbabwe with a Development Aid Program (DFAT) grant awarded in 2021 from the Australian Government. The official opening of the Centre will be timed with AT youth visit in October 2022 – where the Australian Ambassador to Zimbabwe will be present as well as other Government officials and VIP’s, from Australia and Zimbabwe.
A group of at-risk Australian youth through African Theatres will travel to Zimbabwe and spend time with the KFL community giving back and volunteering with different projects: working and developing the self-sustaining vegetable co-operative garden; helping erect much needed fencing to protect the vegetable garden from livestock;; learning to knit and crochet; helping with the distribution of student solar lights which will be donated to 2000 school students in surrounding villages through KFL partner and ACNC registered Not for Profit, Solar Buddy (www.solarbuddy.org) who are donating solar lights to address the devastating effects of energy poverty in Africa; assisting students in the classroom to assemble all 2000 solar lights which will benefit Australian youth and Zimbabwean students in joint STEM learning outcomes.
The partnership between KFL and AT is integral to both: the success of AT’s life changing cultural and social trip for Australian Youth who find purpose and benefit from giving back to vulnerable communities in Africa, and to KFL communities of rural/vulnerable women who will realise the lasting and far-reaching impact of the KFL training and Development centre as a symbol of true partnership with Australia. The centre will not only benefit rural Zimbabwean women and their families but will also serve to give back and make a difference in highlighting and improving mental health and youth suicide issues in Australia’s today through an innovative, unique, and proven program.
KFL is a registered Not for Profit with the ACNC. Potential donors and sponsors can benefit from making a tax-deductible donation towards The AT- KFL partnership taking Australian Youth on a volunteering trip to Africa.
Australian youth who attend the AT-KFL program will be engaged in an immersive life changing volunteering experience in Africa which will help initiate lasting shifts in their own perspectives and experience firsthand how other vulnerable and impoverished communities live from different cultural backgrounds. Upon their return to Australia, they will be able to contribute more effectively to improving aspects of their own local communities They will discover the lasting benefits of volunteering and what it means to work productively, thereby potentially becoming leaders in society rather than being an economic burden on the health system.