Knit for Tibet - The story so far.....

On the 14th April 2010 a devastating earthquake struck the mainly Tibetan region of Yushu (Kyegu in Tibetan) in China. Reports so far say the up to 10,000 lost their lives, 20,000 have been injured and 100% of the dwellings are uninhabitable.

Knit for Tibet started because we wanted something we could do for these people along with donating money. We wanted to use our hands under the premise that the hands are connected to the heart and we could send our love to these people. We wanted to start with the orphans and elderly as they have been the ones most devastated. They are an already disenfranchised people so we couldn't imagine children who've recently lost their parents having no-one to care for them. Reports were coming to us saying they were eating out of dumpsters and even though it's spring it still often reaches zero of an evening. Nine months of the year Kyegu experiences winter temperatures - sometimes dropping to -20 celsius.

Since then, we have been inundated with kindness, warmheartedness and generosity of spirt....We have 170 knitters around the world knitting 100% wool scarves, socks, sweaters (or jumpers as we like to call them in Oz) and lots and lots of beautiful beanies.

Each woman who has knitted something for us has a story and it's my intention that this blog helps us share those stories. Please comment with your story if you see this....why are you knitting for the Tibetan people? Or just simply why do you knit?

Saturday, September 25, 2010

We did it.....

After a long hard slog we have successfully received hundreds of items of clothing, hundreds of beanies and scarves...all pure wool, all made with love. The Tibetan people will at least have these warm things to help them thru the harsh winter.

We sent 5 big boxes last month and in two weeks time we will send the last 30 boxes. Glad to have been able to help in this small way....
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