It’s more than a Christmas gift; each Pullamithi helps the Kya Craft ladies support their families and reminds us that every creation has a name and a story behind it.
South Africa (26 November 2025) – I Have A Name reminds us that there is something magical about a name. It carries a story and a history behind it. That is exactly what the platform celebrates, showing us that every person and every creative idea begins with a name worth knowing.
And this Christmas, that spirit comes to life through Pullamithi, a proudly handmade African giraffe with a big heart and an even bigger adventure.
His name comes from the Zulu word ndlulamithi, meaning giraffe. It has an interactive feature that brings character to the toy, but also speaks to resourcefulness and creativity.
His story imagines him helping Santa during a sandstorm. It’s a playful narrative, but the real meaning lies beyond the tale. Behind Pullamithi are real women, real hands, and real families who rely on this craft to make ends meet.
By buying one of these giraffes, you are not just purchasing a toy. You are allowing the crafters to return home for the holidays with ability to provide a little extra for their children, or buy the school supplies that often become a stress at the start of a new year.
Pullamithi is designed to encourage storytelling and imagination. A name being honoured.
The project is more than a craft but seeing the people behind it, recognising the names often overlooked, and just giving value to the stories we might otherwise walk past.
How to support
Browse the online store and order your very own Pullamithi
Or use the Donate option to gift one to a child in need
Shipping is done through Pudo directly to your door
“I Have A Name” is a space where an anonymous photographer (we call her J) takes photos of everyday humans in South Africa to showcase their incredible stories.
How do we bridge the great South African divides? Black vs white, young vs old, rich vs poor, men vs women? The divides that keep us from making eye contact with the beggar standing on the street corner or the stranger in the lift.
CS Lewis said, “There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilisations – these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit – immortal horrors or everlasting splendours. This does not mean that we are to be perpetually solemn. We must play. But our merriment must be of that kind (and it is, in fact, the merriest kind) which exists between people who have, from the outset, taken each other seriously – no flippancy, no superiority, no presumption.”
We join “J” on this journey…the stories and names behind the faces of everyday humans living their lives in your neighbourhood, on your streets.
I think you will discover that we have a lot in common.
You can contact “J” via email here and follow her incredible work here.
Sources: I Have a Name
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