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Wonderful Quilts Lift Zulu Tribeswomen At a recent program at the Elks Club, Elisabeth Baratta told the story of beginning with one old treadall Singer sewing machine to teach local tribeswoman how to quilt. This was the beginning of the Sweetwaters Quilting Guild from Durban, South Africa. Today, she has 30 women (and now men) who are learning the marvelous art of quiltmaking. The end result is the quilts which she had on display at this meeting. Like Elisabeth said "You can feed them or teach them how to fish!" She is teaching them how to fish, with new skills and new found confidence. For many, this is the first time they have ever had a meaningful job. The end result is that they are making a living wage which in turn is bringing water to their thatched huts. And Sweetwaters has grown to include a large quilting studio complete with two quilting machines provided by Rotary International. They have also added a dormitory for the workers. Elisabeth was very gratified that our club thought enough of their quilts that we purchased 16 of them. This is a picture of Mike McElway and Elisabeth Baratta holding one of the quilts that was on display. Elisabeth Baratta represented the Hilton & Howich Rotary Club in South Africa - which is north of Durban, near Pietermaritzburg.
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