Knitted or Crocheted Bandages for Tropical Ulcer Patients

NOTICE: PROJECT DISCONTINUED

The response to the Tropical Ulcer bandage project has been amazing, and we wish to thank all of you knitters and crocheters for the thousands of beautiful bandages that have been mailed or delivered to the GHM warehouse for the past 3-4 years. Your response, indeed, has been so great, that after consulting with our partners overseas, we now find that the supply of knitted and crocheted bandages exceeds their demand. Unfortunately, therefore, we will now have to discontinue the project for the foreseeable future.

We will be happy to receive the bandages that are already made.

We know it has been a blessing to so many who have fallen in love with this mission project, but now we encourage you to divert your energy and enthusiasm to other projects; e.g., Hospice kits and Midwife kits, Baby caps (knitted and crocheted), or how about knitting or crocheting blankets for infants and toddlers? See the GHM web site for instructions for these projects (except the blankets). The baby blankets should be approximately 30 inches square. They can be knitted or crocheted from any type of yarn - cotton or acrylic.

Your comments to the B-line regarding this are encouraged and will be answered to the best of our ability. Direct e-mail: bea@ghm.org