P.S. 261 for Pencils for Kids
Teacher and Operative Melissa Farran from Brooklyn, NY has been supporting the Sock Monkey Sponsorship program through philanthropy projects she does with her 2nd grade class at PS 261 in Brooklyn for the past few years. They usually set up a post office and sell stamps and handmade postcards, using the money they collect to buy sock monkey sponsorships and send smiles to kids in need....
Read MoreStitches & Smiles from Libore
Field partner Pencils for Kids has just returned from Niger, West Africa where they helped OSM spread some monkey magic to the young women of Libore. Sock Monkey delegates created by youth craftivists in the GTA were given to girls training to be seamstresses at the Cooper Sewing School, an education and resource centre providing vital vocational training for Nigerien youth. This delegation...
Read MoreMonkey Love for Haiti by Hand
Operatives Angela Roussell of Monkeyville in Massachusetts and Elaine Helen Myhre of Yanez’ Wee Beasties in Minnesota have created an adorable batch of monkey delegates to be distributed in Haiti this month via Haiti By Hand This November, the Sower family of Tennessee returns to Haiti to spread joy, craft resources, and hope to the people of Haiti. A mother and daughter team, the Sowers...
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...
Read MoreWorkshop @ Calgary Girls School
On June 5 2012, the wonderful young women of Calgary Girls School participated in sock monkey workshop to create delegates for OSM’s upcoming mission to Delhi with L.I.B. International. The sock monkeys created by CGS students will help to bring smiles and build storytelling skills for primary school children living in Delhi slums.The sock monkeys will be distributed through a summer...
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