LOCAL HERO SPOTLIGHT - Nia Jenkins (Lwli Mabi)
Nia Jenkins has been making hundreds of face masks for anyone who wants them locally, and soon to be making scrubs to keep us all safe.
With PPE limited at the moment and coronavirus spreading, the lovely Nia Jenkins owner of Lwli Mabi has been making hundreds of cloth face coverings.
These cloth face covering help slow the spread of COVID-19 and she has been making these while still working full time and looking after three children.
"It's not my usual type of project! We’ve had a little production line on the go here. One cutting, one sewing, one giving directions, one on quality control and the other demanding snacks!"
If that isn't team work I don't know what is!
These masks are free and can be collected from Aberystwyth Town Centre. She said that making these masks is possible due to our wonderful community (which we definitely agree with), friends and family keeping them stocked up with what they need to make them.
So far there have been over 550 marks completed and she has even squeezed in a few scrub bags too.
Trialed & Tested!
What we think is fantastic is that Nia (owner of Lwli Mabi) has continued to support local businesses by shopping for her fabrics at local independent shops in our town. Fabrics have been collected from Aberdashery and Newmans Garden Centre have provided filtering layers. This is really an example of showing how our community have come together during this pandemic. Nia and her family have really passed on cheer to everyone by making colourful, vibrant, patterned, unique masks for free.
Use of Cloth Face Coverings to Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19
CDC recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where other social distancing measures are difficult to maintain (e.g., grocery stores and pharmacies), especially in areas of significant community-based transmission.
CDC also advises the use of simple cloth face coverings to slow the spread of the virus and help people who may have the virus and do not know it from transmitting it to others. Cloth face coverings fashioned from household items or made at home from common materials at low cost can be used as an additional, voluntary public health measure.
Cloth face coverings should not be placed on young children under age 2, anyone who has trouble breathing, or is unconscious, incapacitated or otherwise unable to remove the mask without assistance.
The cloth face coverings recommended are not surgical masks or N-95 respirators. Those are critical supplies that must continue to be reserved for healthcare workers and other medical first responders, as recommended by current CDC guidance.
If you would like to have some masks then please get in touch with Nia on her business page via Facebook here.
We are excited to get ours!
Take care,
The Alexanders Team.