Welcoming Refugees with Love & Monkeys
OSM kicks the new year off with an exciting initiative in partnership with Culture Link, a settlement service provider in Toronto. Culture Link will help to welcome and integrate newcomers to North America fleeing conflict in the middle east, providing a wealth of resources for families looking to start a new life, including interpreter services, employment counselling, community integration...
Read MoreFlight of the Hummingbirds
We honour activist and restorative justice advocate Liz Elliot this month with the Hummingbird project. Operatives from Vancouver gathered late last month to stich up 40 hummingbirds, made of upcycled gloves, pipe cleaners, embroidery floss, and the most important ingredient: inspiration. The handmade birds will be part of a special ceremony honouring Dr. Liz Elliot, a criminologist and prison...
Read MoreWest Coast Craftivism for Nepal
OSM Operatives in Vancouver are embarking on a Summer journey to create 200 + sock monkeys that will be sold to benefit the KYT FOUNDATION a Vancouver, B.C.-based non-profit established to bring flowing water to a remote Nepali village in the Kabre Palanchowk District; Healay Chaubas. The village is now rebuilding after the earthquake and is in urgent need of help. The goal is to create...
Read MoreMonkey Hugs in Haiti
Last month, OSM Operative Carole Burdett accompanied a group of doctors and nurses operating a mobile medical clinic travelling to some of the most remote rural areas in Haiti. Carole was an ambassador of love & magic, having recruited her friends and family in North Vancouver and Kamloops B.C. to stitch up over 60 sock monkey smiles to give to children and families attending the...
Read MoreMonkey Mania at Woza Moya
Woza Moya Sock Monkeys are taking the world by storm! A partnership with Oxfam Australia Trading began last year, and sock monkeys have quickly become the top selling product in their entire toy category, and in the top 50 of ALL of their 1800 products. Plans are underway to upscale production and respond professionally to this huge demand. Wonderful news for our friends in...
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