Calling all knitters!
A fellow VSO volunteer here in Tanzania, Helen Poole, is working in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of Masasi hospital . She has very little equipment to work with and a lot of sick babies to help (you can read more about it on her blog: http://helenintanzania.wordpress.com/).
One thing she really needs in order to help these children is hats! Hats help keep the premeture babies warm, as there are no incubators and frequent power cuts!
If you are a knitter, and would like to help, then read the poster below and send your hats to the address shown. This poster is being shared around by many people in the UK, and hopefully will "go viral", as knitting is the new cool thing to do (knitting is the new going out... apparently!), and helping to save babies is worth +10 karma points.
The more hats, the merrier, as there are plenty of babies who need them in Masasi, as well as in Nyangao, Lindi and Mtwara!
Happy Knitting!
Hi James,
ReplyDeleteGreat blog! I'm printing some of it to show my mum as she lived in Dar es Salaam in 1956. She will love it. She's in her 80's now.
Cathy (PGH)