{"id":659,"date":"2016-03-13T20:43:19","date_gmt":"2016-03-13T20:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/torquay-and-district\/?p=659"},"modified":"2016-03-13T20:43:19","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T20:43:19","slug":"2016-baby-vests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/torquay-and-district\/2016\/03\/13\/2016-baby-vests\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Baby Vests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Torquay &amp; District Soroptimist International have been busy knitting long sleeved and short sleeved \u2018fish n chip shop\u2019 baby vests, and hats for children. Over 100 garments are helping to support SI Tiverton who will send to the International Aid Trust, to be distributed to Sierra Leone, India, Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>In many African countries these vests can mean the difference between life and death for newborn babies.\u00a0 Born to impoverished families, these children, who often suffer from Aids, come home wrapped in just a newspaper to keep them warm.\u00a0 As temperatures dip during the night, they are at risk of a number of health problems and even death as a result of the cold.<\/p>\n<p>The vests are easy to knit and are knitted in one piece using simple patterns, often in one or two evenings, and need to be either a dark or a bright colour the stripes look really good. The clothes can\u2019t be white, as it is considered a colour of mourning in a lot of African countries.\u00a0 Baby colours are also no use, as these jumpers won\u2019t be washed they are worn until they fall off the kids\u2019 backs.<\/p>\n<p>Members of Torquay &amp; District Soroptimist International would like to thank everyone \u00a0who have donated wool and knitted the vests<a href=\"\/torquay-and-district\/files\/2016\/03\/fish-chip-baby-vests.jpe\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-660\" src=\"\/torquay-and-district\/files\/2016\/03\/fish-chip-baby-vests-300x235.jpe\" alt=\"fish &amp; chip baby vests\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/torquay-and-district\/files\/2016\/03\/fish-chip-baby-vests-300x235.jpe 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/torquay-and-district\/files\/2016\/03\/fish-chip-baby-vests.jpe 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Torquay &amp; District Soroptimist International have been busy knitting long sleeved and short sleeved \u2018fish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2016 Baby Vests | News | Blog | Events | SI Torquay and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Torquay and District : Blog &amp; News : 2016 Baby Vests : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Torquay and District . 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