Stitches & Smiles at Shanti Camp
Operative Diana Brugos spent 4 days in March at Bal Shiksha Kendra Centre, an educational resource centre in rural NCT Delhi, India. Diana lead sock monkey training with students and their families, bringing stitches, smiles and employable skills training to women and children living in Shanti Camp slum. The socks for the workshops were donated by Canadian sock manufacturer McGregor...
Read MoreOSM returns to Nepal & Delhi
It’s International Women’s Day and OSM is thrilled to announce a continued commitment to sustainable economy and vocational training for women in developing communities. In an ongoing partnership with Canadian humanitarian organization L.I.B International, and Indian NGO Concern For Humanity, OSM is sending Operative Diana Brugos into the field to continue sock monkey training at...
Read MoreCraftivism at Shanti Sewing Centre
Last month, OSM spent 5 wonderful days in the rural slum community of Shanti Camp in Delhi. While there, we connected with the students, staff and families of the Bal Shiksha Kendra Centre and ran 2 days of sewing workshops where OSM and L.I.B. International volunteers trained 36 women how to make stuffed animals from socks. Sock Monkey, Sock Elephant and Sock Rabbit were the species of choice!...
Read MoreOSM goes to Summer Camp in Delhi
On August 7, 2012 OSM will travel to India in collaboration with L.I.B. International to run a sock monkey workshop for young women in a sewing centre in the slums of Delhi. They will be taught to make sock monkeys and other animals based on the same pattern. It’s our hope that this program will eventually turn from an educational exercise to an income generated co-op program. The...
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