Most Amazing Day of my LIFE!!!

Today has been the most amazing day of my life! I feel unbelievable proud to have started Knit Around the World and to do such great work. Today Natasha and I went with Tasha from NAPHAM (National Association of People with HIV.AIDS in Malawi) to a HIV/AIDS support group to teach them to knit. We learned that a good portion of the members already knew how to knit but that providing them with supplies was incredibly helpful to have knitting lead to an income generating activity. All the group members were incredibly receptive to us being there and wanting to help them.

Natasha started helping teach those who had never knit before.

While everyone was knitting they started to sing and dance.

I was able to teach those who already knew how to knit some different patters as well as help ball their yarn up so it wouldn't get tangled.

It was really great to see that everyone was so happy and really loved to knit. We told them about the resources that we had found yesterday and tomorrow we will make sure to have all the information for the group leader. We are excited to meet with them again on Saturday. It was incredibly considerate for quite a few of them to take off work to come to the meeting so that we could teach them today. We look forward to learning more about each of the group members and how knitting will most likely assist them.

Aren't they a great looking group? I'm so excited that we got a chance to go into the field and had a very successful day.