99-Year-Old Woman Sews 1,000 Dresses For African Children

99-year-old Lillian Weber has made a hobby out of making a difference for children in Africa.

Weber has been sewing dresses for a charity organization called “Little Dresses for Africa” that also helps build schools and dig wells for drinking water.

Weber was hoping to sew 1,000 dresses by her 100th birthday. Not only did she meet her goal, but she actually finished ahead of schedule.

“Nine times out of ten, they always say, “Well old people don’t do anything,” but they do,” Lillian told reporters.

“And as soon as I get this one done, I’ll probably go to the next one,” she said of her 1000th dress.

According to the charity’s website:

Little Dresses for Africa was founded by Rachel O’Neill in 2008 and is a registered  non-profit 501c3 Christian organization. Our mission is to provide relief to children throughout the Continent of Africa and beyond.  Volunteers from all 50 US States, as well as Australia, Canada, the UK, and Singapore, join together to make little dresses out of pillow cases or other simple patterns. Some sew. Some donate. Some go to Africa, and some send others. Little Dresses for Africa makes all the arrangements, through misions teams, mailing directly to verified communities and we take them ourselves with a team at least once a year.  With your help, we get the dresses (and britches for boys!) to the children, and distribute them through orphanages, churches, and schools.  Together, we can make a difference.