We've started an on-going commitment (via the lovely folks over at Plan) of sponsoring a gang of nippaz around the world who need a helping hand: From Brazil to Vietnam, Nepal to Sierra Leone, Honduras to India, and a bunch of other equally important places in between. Hopefully this way, as NWA continues its mission to outlaw kidswear featuring lace, velvet, smiling animals, fairies, and bow-ties, then the amount of folks we can help out will increase.

The sponsorship can give these nippaz the opportunities they need to make the most of themselves, and over time they can become healthy and educated young folks with the power to transform their communities. Sponsorship starts with the basics; it can provide funds to build schools, train teachers, and provide textbooks to make sure nippaz learn practical skills which will benefit everyone. Among other things it can also help drill boreholes for clean water, so folks don’t die or get sick needlessly, and help the community build medical centres, latrines, and train community health workers.

For more information and to see a film about the latest country we've been involved with check out the NWAid page on our website.

Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery - Spike Milligan

I won't say ours was a tough school, but we had our own coroner - Lenny Bruce

Chuck Norris has already been to Mars; that's why there are no signs of life there - Anon

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made - Groucho Marx

All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand - Steven Wright

Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died - Steven Wright

Chuck Norris doesn't read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants - Anon

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine - Bruce Lee

I'm on a whisky diet. I've lost three days already - Tommy Cooper

Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted - John Lennon

Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them - Dr. Seuss

When I meet a man I ask myself, 'Is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?' - Rita Rudner

Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home - Bill Cosby

The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy - Sam Levenson

The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side - Hunter S. Thompson

To be is to do - Shakespeare
To do is to be - Nietszche
Do be do be do - Sinatra

If we heard "Wheels On The Bus" one more time we were going to haemorrhage - so, as an alternative to the usual trad tunes for babies and toddlers we give you the Punk Rock Baby CD series. Classic tracks recreated in an instrumental lullaby style - a few of them are below - there's punk, rock, hip hop, 80's, and Ibiza tunes - whatever rocks your baby's crib. If you like them, there's more on the site here. And remember, they're just lullaby covers for the kids, so there's no need to go fillin' up the message boards with reviews - just relax and enjoy...

We always invite the paparazzi and mamarazzi to send us photos of their nippaz wearing our threads. Every month we select the best entries which are put to a vote and the winner is entered into our Hall Of Fame, who then go on to the coveted Nippa Of The Year award. Below is the current holder Owen from Dundee. Why not visit the site and vote in this months competition?

The winning picture and Nippa of the Year 2007 Owen from Dundee, Scotland ...a massive 13 weeks old!

The NWA Trophy

Owen Laird of Broughty Ferry

...and drinking from his trophy!