Spreading hope with every stitch ... and paint .... We have enbarked on an exciting new project - a collaboration between artist, Anne Jenkins, and the Amandawe Support Group - they make the fabric landscapes and Anne incorporates it in to her art. The series is called "The Vukuzakhe Project" because this 'standing up and doing it for yourself'. This project will allow the ladies to make money and Anne to make money - all fair. The first 2 are complete and the 3rd is underway. Each piece will be on a 36x24 inch wooden panel. Anne attaches plexiglass dowels to support the fabric landscape above her painting. This will protect the fabric piece, keep it as an individual piece of art and will 'float' over her scene. Each completed piece will bear the signature of Anne and the designer of the fabric landscape. True collaboration and inspiring to both artists! This work cannot be reproduced or copied - strictly copyright to the 2 artists.

Below:  the first piece still to be named, it is a collaboration between Anne and Thembeka. The fabric landscape depicts the perfect village with adults taking care of the crops and washing and everything's in order. The painting shows the children now alone, the crops unattended and animals gone because they have not had an adult to guide them and show them how to do it. The path they are trying to go up reaches to the perfect village state they need to and hope to live in.

Below: The second piece is also unnamed as yet - it depicts from the fabric landscape, the children's homes empty of adults - at night this is a dangerous time for the orphans - and the children are heading home protected by the spirits of their ancestors. This piece is a collaboration between Anne and one of the newest members of the group, Duduzile: