Lunch Meeting
Wed, Mar 11th 2026 at 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Speaker: Kay Rawlins - Duquemin, NBHA Communication Officer.
Subject: The "Newborn Baby Hats Appeal".
Lunch Meeting
NBHA first meeting was held in May 2022, Chouet Beach
NBHA second Anniversary celebration, St Martin’s Community Centre 2024
Exhibition for the Ambassador
NBHA with Ivita Burmistre, the Ambassador of Latvia on her visit to Guernsey in December 2024. Her Excellency is second from right.
St Peter’s Church knitting group
Castel Church donating wool to the NBHA
NBHA at Radio BBC Guernsey
Health & Social Care staff knitting for Ukraine
First boxes going to Ukraine through Poland 25 March 2022, Guernsey Post.
At “Tavi Draugi” premises 2025
At “Tavi Draugi” premises, February 2026
Ukrainian young mum
Ukrainian young mum’s with NBHA donations
Ukrainian young mum’s with NBHA donations
Since March 2022 the NBHA has received 56,000 knitted / crocheted items for Ukrainian newborn babies
After Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine in 2022, specifically on 9 March, the Newborn Baby Hats Appeal (NBHA) was set up in Guernsey. The islanders were invited to knit hats for Ukrainian newborn babies. Soon after, the public was donating all types of new knitted clothing - cardigans, mittens, bootees, toys, blankets.
The public response was then and still is very high. On 28 February 2026 Appeal received the 56,000th donation.
Since 2022, humanitarian aid has been provided in Ukraine to Zhytomyr Regional Perinatal Center, Kyiv Regional Perinatal Center, 280 Days Charitable Fund, Kyiv Maternity Hospital Nr 1, Kyiv Maternity Hospital Nr2 and, in Latvia, to Charitable organizations “Labdarības Lapa” and “Tavi Draugi”, Rīga Maternity Hospital and Social Rehabilitation Centre “Mežciems”.
The NBHA operates thanks to volunteers Ali Vohmann, Barbara Roussel, Carolyn Stoaling, Heather Reed, Kay Rawlins - Duquemin, Lilita Krūze, Sally Rowe and Sarah Jane Allen who tirelessly do their work behind the scenes.
Lilita Krūze
1 March 2026
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